Number of tourism nights fell by 93% in May
In May 2020, as a result of the coronavirus epidemic, international tourists spent 98% and domestic tourists 86% fewer tourism nights in commercial accommodation establishments (hotels, boarding houses, camping sites, bungalow complexes and community hostels) compared to the same period of the previous year. 88% of all tourism nights were spent by domestic guests. Total gross sales revenues declined by 93% at current prices in commercial accommodation establishments.
In May 2020, compared to the same month of the previous year:1
The number of foreign arrivals and foreign tourism nights fell by 99% and 98% respectively, with 4 thousand guests spending 22 thousand tourism nights in accommodation establishments. The majority of nights were spent in hotels, with the number of tourism nights not reaching 1% of the May value of the previous year in Budapest and the Balaton region.
75 thousand domestic guests (87% decrease) spent 167 thousand tourism nights (86% decrease), with the latter falling most in community hostels and hotels and least in boarding houses and camping sites.
Total gross sales revenues were down by 93% (to HUF 3 billion) at current prices.
In May 2020:
1,763 commercial accommodation establishments were open for part or all of the month; one-fifth of them had no guest traffic.
In January-May 2020, compared to the same period of the previous year:
56% fewer, a total of 4.4 million tourism nights were registered at commercial accommodation establishments. International guests spent 59% and domestic guests 53% fewer tourism nights (2.2 million both) in commercial accommodation establishments.
Total gross sales revenues of commercial accommodation establishments decreased by 53% at current prices and amounted to HUF 87 billion.
Summary data, May 2020
| Indicator | Value | Change compared to same period of previous year, % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | January–May | May | January–May | |
| Tourism nights spent by international tourists, thousands | 22 | 2 159 | –98.4 | –59.0 |
| Tourism nights spent by domestic tourists, thousands | 167 | 2 248 | –85.9 | –52.8 |
| Tourism nights, total, thousands | 189 | 4 407 | –92.7 | –56.1 |
| Revenues, total, billion HUF a) | 3 | 87 | –93.4 | –53.4 |
a) At current prices.