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Over 700,000 Visited Budapest Parliament In 2018

• 25 Jan 2019 8:34 AM
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More than 700,000 people visited Parliament last year, 20% of them Hungarians and 23% from outside the EU, Parliament’s press office announced on Thursday.

The number of visitors has been growing every year, from 477,078 in 2014, to 524,629 in the following year, 582,930 in 2016 and 647,255 in 2017. 

The Parliament building is listed on tourism website TripAdvisor as the fifth best tourist sight in Europe and 10th best in the world.

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