Ákos Niklai acknowledged that changes affecting railway travel as well as border crossings had made coming to Hungary a “precarious” undertaking for many tourists, but he placed most of the blame for cancellations on “negative news” about Hungary.

“Because of this, interest for travel deals for autumn and winter is less than expected,” he said.

He said the association would ask the Economy Ministry and state tourism agency Magyar Turizmus to launch an international media campaign if the effect of the migrant crisis on the tourism industry gets worse.

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