Hotels In Hungary Thrive On Foreign Guests
- 18 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
The number of guest nights that foreigners spent in commercial accommodation rose 11% year-on-year in May to 1.06 million, the Central Statistics Office (KSH) has announced. The number of foreign guests was up 8.8% to 386,000. The number of guest nights spent by German, Austrian, Italian and Russian tourists rose.
In May, 333,000 domestic guests spent a total of 710,000 guest nights at hotels, a drop of 4.4% and 1.8% respectively, the KSH said.
The average hotel room occupancy rate was 48%. In the five-star category it was 71%, and 56% for four-star hotels.
The average gross room price was up 4.5% to Ft 15,831, and the revenue per one room was Ft 7,668, an increase of 5.6% from May 2011. In May, total gross revenues of hotels was Ft 24.4 billion.
Source: Hungary Around the Clock
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