Motivation 2017 2018 2019 2020a 2021b 2022c
Number of inbound trips to Hungary, thousand trips
Same-day trips
Private trips 36,601 37,370 41,092 21,735 25,013 30,697
Of which:
Leisure tourism 4,490 5,037 5,448 2,424 2,138 3,712
Of which:
Holidays 635 507 362 158 51 77
Sightseeing 1,921 2,243 2,453 902 654 2,215
Wellness 258 483 502 262 138 181
Visiting relatives, friends 2,418 2,385 2,113 1,182 1,441 1,640
Study 333 357 421 229 233 553
Medical treatment 1,047 1,216 1,970 977 1,026 1,030
Religion 125 95 125
57d
31d
 130
Shopping 10,140 10,108 10,815 5,607 4,363 6,619
Transit 17,296 17,325 19,164 10,631 15,362 16,296
Other private 751 847 1,036 628 419 717
Business tourism, conference, dealings 1,126 1,326 1,578 699 1,065 537
Work 1,450 1,419 1,790 1,790 2,681 2,461
Total 39,176 40,115 44,460 24,224 28,758 33,694
Overnight trips
Private trips 14,234 15,640 14,742 5,872 5,702 10,234
Of which:
Leisure tourism 10,027 10,436 10,023 3,410 3,174 5,849
Of which:
Holidays 3,314 3,388 2,421 1,055 1,173 1,181
Sightseeing 3,046 4,042 4,782 1,129 825 1,943
Wellness 621 539 561 384 155 760
Visiting relatives, friends 2,479 2,802 2,643 1,316 1,398 2,031
Study 96 68 81 63 83 72
Medical treatment 570 628 558 255 109 483
Religion
25d
24d
 31
13d
 49 187
Shopping
74d
 65 123
69d
 54 35
Transit 947 1,548 1,113 379 754 1,484
Other private
17d
 68 169 367 81 93
Business tourism, conference, dealings 1,045 1,126 1,207 752 1,271 1,497
Work 506 786 988 793 956 918
Total 15,785 17,552 16,937 7,417 7,929 12,649
Duration of inbound trips to Hungary, thousand days
Same-day trips
Private trips 36,601 37,370 41,092 21,735 25,013 30,697
Of which:
Leisure tourism 4,490 5,037 5,448 2,424 2,138 3,712
Of which:
Holidays 635 507 362 158 51 77
Sightseeing 1,921 2,243 2,453 902 654 2,215
Wellness 258 483 502 262 138 181
Visiting relatives, friends 2,418 2,385 2,113 1,182 1,441 1,640
Study 333 357 421 229 233 553
Medical treatment 1,047 1,216 1,970 977 1,026 1,030
Religion 125 95 125
57d
31d
 130
Shopping 10,140 10,108 10,815 5,607 4,363 6,619
Transit 17,296 17,325 19,164 10,631 15,362 16,296
Other private 751 847 1,036 628 419 717
Business tourism, conference, dealings 1,126 1,326 1,578 699 1,065 537
Work 1,450 1,419 1,790 1,790 2,681 2,461
Total 39,176 40,115 44,460 24,224 28,758 33,694
Overnight trips
Private trips 78,513 81,170 83,681 37,010 43,840 61,576
Of which:
Leisure tourism 52,549 54,468 55,637 19,915 21,418 35,572
Of which:
Holidays 22,063 20,910 18,308 7,354 8,436 8,901
Sightseeing 14,031 19,964 23,344 5,543 4,275 9,108
Wellness 3,952 3,531 3,346 2,116 1,268 4,639
Visiting relatives, friends 14,166 15,754 17,019 8,386 12,487 14,865
Study 4,825 2,749 2,896 4,474 7,033 3,829
Medical treatment 4,679 4,525 4,816 1,810 734 3,195
Religion
116d
166d
 182
50d
 198 627
Shopping
239d
 224 423
189d
 145 158
Transit 1,894 3,102 2,234 758 1,516 3,019
Other private
47d
 182 474 1,428 309 311
Business tourism, conference, dealings 4,049 4,010 4,412 3,353 5,618 6,597
Work 2,706 4,801 5,909 6,358 7,314 5,092
Total 85,267 89,980 94,002 46,720 56,773 73,265
Tourism expenditures of inbound trips to Hungary, million HUF
Same-day trips
Private trips 373,715 426,777 523,033 311,079 361,869 523,574
Of which:
Leisure tourism 29,267 42,701 41,156 19,043 20,114 37,835
Of which:
Holidays 3,518 5,709 4,094 1,315 2,189 1,259
Sightseeing 14,352 17,526 18,395 7,244 6,775 25,622
Wellness 2,308 8,309 5,222 3,639 1,924 2,122
Visiting relatives, friends 12,415 13,425 14,693 7,129 10,814 11,160
Study 342 677 835 384 408 1,154
Medical treatment 52,143 65,706 87,783 58,902 71,760 82,501
Religion 530 183 430
277d
206d
 348
Shopping 171,380 176,072 213,130 117,311 111,428 182,001
Transit 104,206 122,460 156,952 97,314 140,783 200,808
Other private 3,432 5,553 8,053 10,719 6,355 7,766
Business tourism, conference, dealings 89,276 87,618 73,103 24,826 31,541 13,597
Work 4,111 4,609 5,610 4,832 10,579 9,800
Total 467,101 519,004 601,746 340,736 403,988 546,970
Overnight trips
Private trips 1,211,666 1,380,885 1,513,629 544,319 669,318 1,379,064
Of which:
Leisure tourism 959,892 1,101,197 1,217,273 357,127 405,325 966,205
Of which:
Holidays 227,553 289,245 274,469 107,111 141,113 195,485
Sightseeing 404,538 554,291 654,544 153,700 141,710 359,110
Wellness 54,732 52,068 61,548 38,947 27,067 134,456
Visiting relatives, friends 143,296 152,776 180,032 89,982 149,452 196,978
Study 26,104 20,338 18,796 29,758 64,916 52,993
Medical treatment 62,325 72,956 65,732 31,333 22,215 108,688
Religion
1,413d
3,253d
 3,256
318d
 3,194 15,003
Shopping
5,839d
 4,458 5,245
3,019d
 1,437 4,356
Transit 12,014 22,217 17,536 7,105 20,105 28,781
Other private
783d
 3,689 5,759 25,676 2,675 6,061
Business tourism, conference, dealings 127,519 127,253 138,211 97,859 187,227 271,664
Work 26,125 39,638 56,524 71,428 85,026 105,283
Total 1,365,311 1,547,776 1,708,364 713,606 941,571 1,756,011

Footnotes

*Excluding lorry-drivers.
aDue to the coronavirus epidemic in 2020, emergency measures were introduced, and the border traffic was significantly lower than usual. Because of to the low number of data providers, the reliability of the published data has decreased and they are only to a limited extent comparable with the data of previous periods. As a result of a border closure ordered due to the coronavirus epidemic, data collection on international tourism was suspended in the second quarter of 2020, so the data for the period were made using model estimation.
bDue to the coronavirus epidemic in 2021, emergency measures were introduced, and the border traffic was significantly lower than usual. Because of to the low number of data providers, the reliability of the published data has decreased and they are only to a limited extent comparable with the data of previous periods.
cDue to the coronavirus epidemic in 2022, emergency measures were introduced, and the border traffic was significantly lower than usual. Because of to the low number of data providers, the reliability of the published data has decreased and they are only to a limited extent comparable with the data of previous periods.
dThe accuracy of the estimate is not reliable.

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