Foreigners Spent More Nights in Budapest this Year than During Last Sziget Festival
- 28 Aug 2024 8:45 AM
- Hungary Around the Clock
The annual Sziget Festival boosted revenue of accommodation providers in Budapest by 37% to Ft 7.9 billion compared to the previous week, state tourism agency MTÜ said on Tuesday, citing data from the National Tourism Service Centre.
During the six-day festival that ended on August 12, some 178,000 visitors spent 336,000 guest nights at Budapest hotels or accommodation sites, 10% more than a year earlier.
Dutch visitors accounted for the largest number of foreigners, followed by Italians, Britons, Germans and Spaniards.
Most tourists staying in Budapest during the festival – 59% – were under 34 years old, while guests in the 25-34 age group accounted for 29% of overnight stays.
Nearly 10% of the visitors to the festival were locals, of whom 14% were from Budapest, but many came from Debrecen, Miskolc, Szeged, Pécs, and Nyíregyháza.
The most visited city sites during the Sziget included the area around the Parliament building, Margit Island, St. István’s Basilica, the Széchenyi baths and the Great Market Hall.
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