According to a research, every third Hungarian would travel to Lake Balaton this year
This year, every third Hungarian is definitely planning at least one Balaton vacation, most of them would like to relax by the Hungarian sea in the summer – according to a joint representative survey by Mandilla Hotel and market researcher Opinio.
According to a survey sent to MTI on Thursday, four out of ten Budapest residents want to relax at Lake Balaton this year, and one in five Hungarians has not yet decided whether to vacation around the lake.
The vast majority of those planning a trip to Balaton (71 percent) – especially young people under the age of 20 (85 percent) – mostly choose a summer vacation, but there are also those who plan a vacation in spring (11 percent), autumn (14 percent), and winter (8 percent). they like to switch off at the lake.
The vast majority of respondents (66 percent) would spend at least HUF 10,000-20,000 per person per day on vacation. Almost a quarter of all respondents calculate HUF 20-40 thousand per person, while seven percent would spend even more than this on daily expenses this year. Half of the Hungarians participating in the research think in 1-2 days or a long weekend, a quarter of them spend a week, while every tenth respondent spends at least two weeks at Lake Balaton.
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