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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Turnover volume in catering units was lower in September than a year earlier

Catering units generated HUF 164 billion in revenue in September, with turnover 3.2% lower than in September 2021. It was the first time since March 2021, affected by the Covid19 pandemic, that monthly sales volumes were lower than a year earlier. 88% of revenue was generated in public catering and 12% in canteens, with the latter's turnover in September 2022 up on the previous year.

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International trips, Quarter 1 2022

Nearly 41% more trips were made to Hungary by foreigners in the second quarter of 2022 than in the same period of the previous year, which was largely free of epidemic restrictions. However, the number of trips was still only three quarters of those in Q2 2019, which was not yet affected by the epidemic. The number of trips abroad by Hungarians rose by half in Q2 2022 compared to a year earlier, but was only 76% of the same period in 2019.

The number of tourism nights grew by 1.3% compared to September 2021, Commercial accommodation establishments, September 2022

In September 2022, 917 thousand guests spent 2.2 million tourism nights in commercial accommodation establishments (hotels, boarding houses, camping sites, bungalow complexes and community hostels). The number of guests rose by 3.8% and that of nights by 1.3% compared to the same period of the previous year. Compared to September 2021, the number of nights spent by domestic guests decreased by 13% and that of nights spent by foreign guests increased by 25%. In January-September 2022, domestic guests spent 25% more tourism nights and foreign guests 157% more tourism nights than in the same period last year.

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.