Period, quarters Tourism (expenditures of foreigners coming to Hungary) Correction items related to international trade in services statisticsa Travel services (corrected with the adjustment items of international trade in services) Tourism (expenditures of Hungarians travelling abroad) Correction items related to international trade in services statisticsb Travel services (corrected with the adjustment items of international trade in services) Tourism as a whole Correction items related to international trade in services statisticsa Travel services (corrected with the adjustment items of international trade in services)
revenue (exports) expenditure (imports) balance
denomination a b c=a+b d e f=d+e g=a-d h=b-e i=c-f
2019 Q1 405,319 -27,507 377,812 183,453 -35,692 147,761 221,866 8,185 230,051
Q2 558,995 -49,034 509,961 222,651 -41,026 181,625 336,344 -8,008 328,336
Q3 834,858 -75,119 759,739 346,402 -50,265 296,137 488,456 -24,854 463,602
Q4 510,938 -35,101 475,837 217,168 -43,592 173,576 293,770 8,491 302,261
2020 Q1c 373,368 -24,170 349,198 161,914 -24,182 137,732 211,454 12 211,466
Q2d 88,820 400 89,220 65,647 -3,944 61,703 23,173 4,344 27,517
Q3e 382,924 -29,895 353,029 118,312 -11,226 107,086 264,612 -18,669 245,943
Q4f 209,230 -14,323 194,907 58,496 -8,798 49,698 150,734 -5,525 145,209
2021 Q1g 164,253 -9,305 154,948 43,750 -7,213 36,537 120,503 -2,092 118,411
Q2h 263,937 -13,599 250,338 83,546 -11,082 72,464 180,391 -2,517 177,874
Q3i 541,903 -35,209 506,694 225,902 -30,595 195,307 316,001 -4,614 311,387
Q4j 375,466 -24,675 350,791 158,749 -22,913 135,836 216,717 -1,762 214,955
2022 Q1k 379,504 -18,631 360,873 160,881 -23,011 137,870 218,623 4,380 223,003
Q2l 555,830 -37,833 517,997 244,596 -42,154 202,442 311,234 4,321 315,555
Q3m 825,416 -73,305 752,111 407,101 -70,298 336,803 418,315 -3,007 415,308
Q4n 542,232 -58,482 483,750 262,037 -40,363 221,674 280,195 -18,119 262,076
2023 Q1 516,798 -48,783 468,015 252,206 -39,544 212,662 264,592 -9,239 255,353
Q2 699,919 -88,226 611,693 337,849 -58,943 278,906 362,070 -29,283 332,787
Q3 1,188,470 -132,970 1,055,500 610,035 -101,701 508,334 578,435 -31,269 547,166
Q4 731,550 -85,283 646,267 422,673 -91,241 331,432 308,877 5,958 314,835
2024 Q1 575,184 -65,756 509,428 400,396 -82,841 317,555 174,788 17,085 191,873
Q2 816,500 -106,468 710,032 502,373 -90,864 411,509 314,127 -15,604 298,523
Q3 1,206,343 -117,492 1,088,851 635,419 -112,427 522,992 570,924 -5,065 565,859
Q4 741,757 -104,692 637,065 402,716 -75,489 327,227 339,041 -29,203 309,838
2025 Q1 631,530 -86,014 545,516 407,663 -80,184 327,479 223,867 -5,830 218,037
Q2 935,894 -138,369 797,525 492,315 -95,709 396,606 443,579 -42,660 400,919
Q3 1,315,643 -144,350 1,171,293 575,367 -133,557 441,810 740,276 -10,793 729,483
Q4 846,306 -118,734 727,572 432,168 -105,027 327,141 414,138 -13,707 400,431

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*National Bank of Hungary /NBH/; balance of payments; export, import and balance data of the travel line according to the BPM6 methodology
aInternational passanger transport, insurance, valuable and durable consumer goods, illegal services related items.
bInternational passanger transport, valuable and durable consumer goods.
cDue to emergency measures in response to the coronavirus epidemic, including a border closure introduced in mid-March and suspending data collections, data on tourism demand in the first quarter are only available for the period from 1 January to 13 March 2020, so they have only limited comparability with data from previous periods.
dAs a result of a border closure ordered due to the coronavirus epidemic, data collection on tourism was suspended in the second quarter of 2020, so the data for the period were made using model estimation. The reliability of the published data has significantly decreased and they have only limited comparability with data from previous periods.
eDue to the coronavirus epidemic, border traffic in the third quarter was significantly lower than in the previous period, in addition, border crossing rules were tightened again from 1 September 2020, resulting in a further reduction in the number of respondents. Due to the above, the reliability of the published data has decreased and they have only limited comparability with data from previous periods.
fIn 2020. IV. quarter, border traffic was significantly lower than usual due to the border crossing rules still in force and the regulation on the use of accommodation, which will enter into force on 11 November 2020. Due to the low number of data providers, the reliability of published data has decreased and they are only to a limited extent comparable to data from previous periods.
gDue to the emergency measures introduced at the beginning of March 2021 in response to the coronavirus pandemic and the cessation of data collection, tourism demand data for Q1 were partly based on model estimates and therefore have limited comparability with previous periods.
hDue to the emergency measures introduced at the beginning of March 2021 in response to the coronavirus pandemic and the cessation of data collection, tourism demand data for Q2 were partly based on model estimates and therefore have limited comparability with previous periods.
iDue to the coronavirus epidemic, in the previous year the border crossing rules were tightened again from 1 September 2020, resulting a significant reduction in the number of respondents. Due to the above, the reliability of the published data has decreased and they have only limited comparability with data from previous periods.
jDue to the coronavirus epidemic, the number of respondents decreased significantly in the same period of the previous year. Because of it, the reliability of the published data has decreased and they are only to a limited extent comparable to the data of previous periods.
kDue to the war in Ukraine, the questionnaire survey on the Ukrainian border is suspended from the end of February. Because of the above, the estimate for Q1 is not based on total visitor traffic (excluding the Ukrainian border section in March). The reliability of the published data has decreased and those are only to a limited extent comparable to the data of previous periods.
lDue to the war in Ukraine, the questionnaire survey on the Ukrainian border is suspended from the end of February 2022. Because of the above, the estimate for Q2 is not based on total visitor traffic (excluding the Ukrainian border section). The reliability of the published data has decreased and those are only to a limited extent comparable to the data of previous periods.
mDue to the war in Ukraine, the questionnaire survey on the Ukrainian border is suspended from the end of February 2022. Because of the above, the estimate for Q3 is not based on total visitor traffic (excluding the Ukrainian border section). The reliability of the published data has decreased and those are only to a limited extent comparable to the data of previous periods.
nDue to the war in Ukraine, the questionnaire survey on the Ukrainian border is suspended from the end of February 2022. Because of the above, the estimate for Q4 is not based on total visitor traffic (excluding the Ukrainian border section). The reliability of the published data has decreased and those are only to a limited extent comparable to the data of previous periods.
Source: National Bank of Hungary (MNB).

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