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Tourism Slips in Hungary as Foreign Visitor Numbers Plunge

• 1 Oct 2026 6:01 AM

The number of guest nights at commercial and private tourism accommodations in Hungary fell 5.8pc year-on-year to 6,916,000 in August, data released by the Central Statistics Office (KSH) on Wednesday, 30 September show.

The number of guest nights spent by domestic travellers edged down 2.8pc to 3,857,000 and the number spent by foreign visitors dropped 9.3pc to 3,060,000.

The number of guests at commercial and private tourism accommodations fell 7.3pc to 2,598,000. The number of domestic guests slipped 2.5pc to 1,442,000 and the number of foreign ones dropped 12.6pc to 1,156,000.

Visitors from Germany accounted for the largest number of guest nights: 474,000. Visitors from Poland spent 397,300 guest nights and visitors from Czechia 174,300.

Guest nights spent by travellers from Asia rose 8.3pc to 314,100.

Gross revenue of tourism accommodations rose 5.8pc to HUF 151.9bn.

A total of 35,621 tourism accommodations hosted guests in August, including 32,676 private and other accommodations.

In January-August, the number of guest nights at tourism accommodations inched down 1.4pc to 32,640,000. Guest numbers slipped 0.9pc to 13,397,000.


Source: MTI – Hungary’s national news agency since 1881.

Photo: Pixabay

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