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KSH: Guest nights up by 5.8% year-on-year in September
Guest nights spent by foreign visitors rose by 13.3% to 1,761,000.
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Number of Chinese tourists in Hungary nearly quadruples in a year
Budapest, Szentendre, on the outskirts of the capital, and Pécs, in the southwest of Hungary, are all big draws for Chinese tourists.
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Sziget Festival comes to an end with 420,000 visitors
Concerning next year’s event, Tamás Kádár said organizers aimed to sell more full festival passes than day tickets.
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Fidesz demands booking.com pay Hungarian hoteliers money owed from June
Numerous accommodation providers have recently complained about not receiving money owed to them totalling several billion forints.
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Foreign visitors expected to boost Hungary’s tourism sector this year
Péter Horváth said guest nights grew by 4% to 12.2 million in January-May, supported by foreign visitors.
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Chinese tourist groups make a return to Hungary
The first official group of Chinese tourists since the outbreak of the pandemic arrived in Budapest at Ferenc Liszt International Airport on a direct Air China flight from Chongqing.
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KSH: Guest nights in Hungary increased by an annual 22% in December
According to official figures, nights spent by domestic tourists increased by 4.3% to 830,000, while those spent by foreign visitors rose by 44.4% to 908,000.
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Museum of Fine Arts exhibition draws record crowds
The show of over 50 of El Greco’s works runs until February 19.
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Guest nights in Hungary rose by 7.8% in Nov
The number of guest nights spent by domestic travellers rose by 1.6% to 856,000, and guest nights spent by foreign visitors increased by 15.0% to 842,000.
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Number of Hungarians visiting Croatia in 2022 up 31%
602,000 Hungarians had spent 3 million guest nights in Croatia last year.
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Government extends manufacturing subsidies to tourism sector
The Hungarian Tourism Agency noted that it had requested the scheme be extended to the country’s 16,000 catering establishments and 4,500 commercial accommodations.
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China Eastern Airlines to relaunch Budapest-Shanghai service
The foreign minister said direct airline services are vitally important for economic relations because both businesspeople and tourists give preference to destinations accessible without any transfer.
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Tourism boom expected in Hungary for September and October
The number of bookings at commercial accommodations in Hungary for September and October are “well over” the number in the same period a year earlier and suggest fourth-quarter guest nights could exceed levels in 2019.