Number of tourism nights fell by 42% in July
In July 2020, as a result of the coronavirus epidemic, international tourists spent 75% and domestic tourists 18% 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. 82% of all tourism nights were spent by domestic guests. Total gross sales revenues declined by 41% at current prices in commercial accommodation establishments. Partly due to lifting restrictions at the end of May, a dynamic growth in domestic guest traffic that began in June continued in July, with the number of tourism nights tripling compared to the previous month.
In July 2020, compared to the same month of the previous year:
The number of foreign arrivals and tourism nights fell by 76% and 75% respectively, with 166 thousand guests spending 478 thousand tourism nights in accommodation establishments. Most guests stayed in hotels or camping sites. The number of hotel nights fell to almost a fifth. 57-60% declines were seen in camping sites, boarding houses and bungalow complexes, and a 91% fall in community hostels. Budapest recorded the largest, 88%, downturn.
758 thousand domestic guests (12% decrease) spent 2.1 thousand tourism nights (18% decrease). Six out of ten nights were spent in hotels, where the rate of decline was 8.6%. Unlike hotels, boarding houses registered 2.5% more nights. The number of campsite arrivals was at two thirds of their last July level. Lake Balaton was the most popular region.
Total gross sales revenues were down by 41% (to HUF 38 billion) at current prices.
In July 2020:
2,860 commercial accommodation establishments, including 902 hotels and 1,109 boarding houses were open for part or all of the month.
In January-July 2020, compared to the same period of the previous year:
56% fewer, a total of 7.8 million tourism nights were registered at commercial accommodation establishments. International guests spent 68% and domestic guests 44% fewer tourism nights (2.7 and 5.0 million respectively) in commercial accommodation establishments.
Total gross sales revenues of commercial accommodation establishments decreased by 55% at current prices and amounted to HUF 137 billion.
Summary data, July 2020
| Indicator | Value | Change compared to same period of previous year, % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July | January–July | July | January–July | |
| Tourism nights spent by international tourists, thousands | 478 | 2 738 | –74.9 | –68.3 |
| Tourism nights spent by domestic tourists, thousands | 2 108 | 5 027 | –18.1 | –44.1 |
| Tourism nights, total, thousands | 2 586 | 7 765 | –42.3 | –55.9 |
| Revenues, total, billion HUF a) | 38 | 137 | –40.6 | –54.9 |
a) At current prices.