Busó Festivities Draw Tens of Thousands to Mohács in Hungary
- 18 Feb 2024 1:19 PM
- Hungary Matters
The Busó festivities in Mohács, in south-western Hungary, a six-day carnival to mark the end of winter, drew tens of thousands of visitors this year, the Hungarian Tourism Agency said.
Visitors to the festival, which took place on February 8-13 this year, spent around 1,000 guest nights at tourism accommodations there.
Occupancy rates at the weekend were over 90%.
Most visitors were Hungarians, but foreign tourists, mainly from Slovakia and Germany, also came to Mohács during the carnival.
The Busó festivities, named for the busós, frightening-looking costumed people wearing wooden masks and big woolly cloaks, was inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009.
MTI Photo: Tamás Sóki
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