Tourism, catering

Tourism is the activity of people who travel from their usual environment to another place, where they spend no more than one year for recreational, business or other purposes, but do not engage in gainful activity. 'Tourism and catering' includes statistics on the transit traffic of border crossings in Hungary, on the demand side of inbound, domestic and outbound tourism as well as on tourists, their journeys and related spending. In addition, it contains statistics on the capacity, guest turnover and revenues of commercial accommodation establishments and non-profit and for-profit other accommodation establishments in Hungary, as well as the characteristics of catering units operated in Hungary.

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The number of tourism nights grew by 18% compared to January 2022, Commercial accommodation establishments, January 2023

In January 2023, 570 thousand guests spent 1.4 million tourism nights in commercial accommodation establishments (hotels, boarding houses, camping sites, bungalow complexes and community hostels). The number of guests and tourism nights both increased by 18% compared to January 2022. The number of nights spent by domestic guests increased by 6.2% and that of nights spent by foreign guests by 34%.

December saw higher turnover growth in catering units than in previous months

In December 2022, the volume of turnover in catering units was 4.3% higher than a year earlier, and 21% higher for the year as a whole. Growth in the period following July was highest in December. In the last month of 2022, catering units generated HUF 169 billion in revenue, of which around nine-tenths was generated in public catering and one-tenth in canteen catering. The former segment grew by 4.7% and the latter by 1.3%.

Guests spent more tourism nights in private and other accommodation in December than in November

In December 2022, 573 thousand nights were spent in private accommodation and other accommodation (operated by individuals or businesses but not exclusively in accommodation buildings): 287 thousand in the former and 285 thousand in the latter. Visitor turnover was higher than in November, accounting for around a third of all nights spent in commercial accommodation (hotels, boarding houses, camping sites, bungalow complexes and community hostels) and 58% of all nights were spent by foreign visitors.

International trips, Quarter 3 2022

Foreigners made 7.1% more trips to Hungary in Q3 2022 than in the same quarter of the previous year. The number of trips was a quarter lower than in Q3 2019, the period before the epidemic. The number of trips abroad by Hungarians increased by a fifth compared to a year earlier, but decreased by three tenths compared to the same period in 2019. Foreigners arriving in Hungary spent HUF 825 billion and Hungarians travelling abroad spent HUF 407 billion on their trips.

Statistical Yearbook of Hungary, 2021

The approximately 500 tables, graphs and maps and tens of thousands of data the Statistical Yearbook of Hungary contains give, for almost one and a half century, an overview of the social and economic processes of the country in the given year. Besides paying attention to the ever changing socio-economic environment and user demands we always strive to share new information: the health chapter broadened this year with indices regarding outpatient care, time series of healthcare expenses, life expectancy in good health and the number of Covid19 infected people.

Statistical Pocketbook of Hungary, 2021

2021 was the recovery year from the COVID-19 pandemic, the economy restarted, its performance –following the 2020 setback – surpassed the previous year’s by 7.1%. The pocketbook, published every spring, offers through its tables an insight into the 2021 developments of Hungary’s social, economic processes.