Emirates and Visit Hungary jointly promote Hungary

According to the statement, under the agreement, Emirates and Visit Hungary will launch joint marketing and advertising campaigns to showcase Hungary’s tourist attractions. The two parties will work closely together to organize press tours, showcase tours for travel agencies, and other innovative promotional activities to increase travel demand to Budapest.

The agreement was signed at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) tourism event in the presence of Thierry Aucoc, the airline’s vice president of commercial affairs, and Olivér Csendes, CEO of Visit Hungary, and Nabil Sultan, Emirates’ executive vice president of sales.

Emirates launched its Budapest flight in 2014 and has carried more than 1.5 million passengers between the Hungarian capital and Dubai in the past ten years. It currently operates daily flights between Budapest and Dubai.

In addition to direct flights, Emirates offers connecting flights to 69 destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia via Dubai, which are not served directly by other airlines from Hungary. Passengers can also fly indirectly to a total of 140 destinations from Budapest with the Dubai-based airline.

From stunning architecture to natural wonders to vibrant city life, Hungary is an extremely attractive destination that we are happy to promote across our extensive network to support inbound tourism from the Middle East, Far East and Australia, the statement quoted Emirates’ Hungary Country Manager, Gábor Horváth.

According to Olivér Csendes, CEO of Visit Hungary, the partnership will further enhance Hungary’s appeal to travelers from the Gulf countries.

According to data from the National Tourism Database, the number of foreign guest nights in Hungary increased by 9.9 percent to 22.2 million last year. Tourists from the Persian Gulf countries typically stay in the country for longer and their spending is also higher than average, the statement says.