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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In 2019, catering sales increased by 6.9%

Hungarian catering sales totalled nearly HUF 1500 billion in 2019. According to unadjusted data, the volume of sales increased by 6.9% in one year, slightly behind the growth rate of recent years. The expansion was mainly driven by the growth in the turnover of public catering, but revenues from canteen catering also increased.

Number of tourism nights increased by 4.7% and sales revenues by 16%, Commercial accommodation establishments, December 2019

In December 2019, the number of nights spent by international tourists increased by 13% and that of nights spent by domestic tourists decreased by 3.4% compared to the same period of the previous year in commercial accommodation establishments (hotels, boarding houses, camping sites, bungalows and community hostels). Considering seasonal and calendar effects, the number of foreign tourism nights grew by 12% and of domestic tourism nights declined by 1.6%. Total gross sales revenues rose by 16% at current prices in commercial accommodation establishments. In 2019, the number of tourism nights increased by 0.8% and gross revenues by 8.8% in commercial accommodation establishments compared to 2018.

International trips, Quarter 3 2019

In quarter 3 2019, foreigners came to Hungary more often, stayed longer, and spent more than a year earlier. Their main tourist destination was still the capital, almost half of the foreigners staying for several days spent at least one night in Budapest. The number of trips abroad by Hungarians also increased, with Austria and Slovakia being the main destinations for same-day trips, and Croatia and Romania being the main destinations for overnight trips.