Tag "Balaton"
The Balaton Ice Cream Competition welcomes applicants for the 11th time
Lake Balaton is not only a tourist destination, but also an ice cream superpower, and this year the Balaton Ice Cream Competition is being held for the 11th time. You...
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ALDI + Balaton: ALDI is looking for seasonal workers for its stores around the lake with a starting salary of HUF 551,100
ALDI wants to actively contribute to the recreation of holidaymakers coming to Hungarian tourist regions again this year. Accordingly, in its stores located here, it adapts its seasonal offer of...
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Balaton caterers are planning a moderate price increase this season
Restaurants operating around Lake Balaton are raising their prices this season at a much lower rate than last year’s inflation. Anita Halász, an employee of a restaurant in Balaton, told...
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How is Hungarian success made?
In January the Hungarian team finished 3rd at the Gelato World Cup in Italy. We asked Renáta Somogyi, the team’s captain about the two-year preparation and the aftermath of this big...
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Many people would get rid of their Balaton holiday home
Around the time of the coronavirus epidemic, many people bought houses around Lake Balaton, but now many people would get rid of their vacation homes due to the high maintenance...
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Fishing Association: the fishing industry is an integral part of Hungarian agriculture
The fishing industry is an integral part of Hungarian agriculture – stated the president of the Hungarian National Fishing Association (MOHOSZ) on Wednesday, at the VIII. Fish Day and III. At...
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One of the most popular bistros in Balaton is closing
Andriska Pékbisztró, popular in the Balaton highlands, is closing its doors permanently in Kővágóörs. According to Forbes, the founders, András Török and Zsófi Major, decided last summer to take a...
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More than 1.3 million guest nights were registered in Siófok last year
According to data from the Central Statistical Office (KSH), in 2023, 3 million guests spent 8.8 million guest nights in commercial and private accommodation in the Balaton region. The number...
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A surprising number of people spent their winter break at Lake Balaton
During the winter vacation, 6 percent more people went on vacation than in the same period a year earlier. After the capital, Lake Balaton and the Mátra-Bükk area were the...
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KSH: the number of guest nights increased by 7.5 and the number of guests by 13 percent in November compared to a year earlier
Last November, 1.0 million guests spent 2.5 million guest nights in Hungarian tourist accommodations (commercial, private and other accommodations). The number of guests was 13, and the number of guest...
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Tourism agency: the number of New Year’s Eve reservations has increased, most of them for at least 2 nights
For the last weekend of the year, 11 percent more pre-bookings have already been received than in the same period last year, the Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTÜ) told MTI on...
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The first phase of the tourism development of Sió has been completed
The first phase of the tourism development of Sió has been completed, in which a bicycle path was built on the Sió embankment from the border of Szekszárd and Sióagárd...
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An iconic Balaton tourist spot closes
One of the outstanding tourist attractions of Balaton, the Balatonboglár spherical lookout, closes its doors for two months at the beginning of January. According to Sonline’s report, the lookout will...
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2019 was cited as the result of the Indian summer: record-breaking data in September
Compared to September 2022, almost 10% more people discovered Hungary’s landscapes in the first month of autumn. The number of guests of 1.4 million exceeded the pre-pandemic value by 2.4%,...
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More and more Balaton hotels are being sold
The real estate market shows significant changes in the area of hotels, guesthouses and restaurants. On one of the largest real estate sites, the number of accommodations and restaurants for...
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The new congress center makes Balatonfüred the capital of conference tourism in Balaton
The new congress center will make Balatonfüred the capital of conference tourism in Balaton – declared the minister leading the Prime Minister’s Office at the handover of the investment in...
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A Nébih a balatoni vendéglátóhelyekről
A Nébih nyári szezonális ellenőrzéseinek sorában a turisztikai szempontból nagy jelentőségű, balatoni vendéglátóhelyek is kiemelt figyelmet kaptak. A vizsgálatok fókuszába az éttermek ellenőrzésére jellemzően a higiéniás állapotok, az alapanyagok nyomon követhetősége,...
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The number of domestic tourist visitors fell sharply
While domestic tourism is decreasing, there is no sign of a decline in Hungarians’ trips abroad: the number of trips increased by a fifth and the time spent abroad by...
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It is worth traveling to Lake Balaton not only for the wine, but also for the beer
The travel habits of Balaton tourists seem to have changed due to the summer-like heat. In recent weeks, several thousand people have visited the beaches, which are free during this...
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Foreigners rediscovered Hungary for themselves
After the end of the pandemic and in the midst of the inflationary difficulties that have developed since then, the question of whether tourism can regain its former economic weight...
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MTÜ: traffic similar to last year is expected at Lake Balaton in September
More than 425,000 reservations were received for accommodation in the Balaton tourist area for September. More than half of the bookings were registered in the four most popular settlements, Hévíz,...
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MTÜ: traffic similar to last year is expected at Lake Balaton in September
More than 425,000 reservations were received for accommodation in the Balaton tourist area for September. More than half of the bookings were registered in the four most popular settlements, Hévíz,...
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Szallas.hu: the number of summer bookings has decreased
The number of domestic summer reservations made on Szallas.hu decreased by 15 percent compared to last year, the rate of decline compared to 2019, the year before the pandemic, was...
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Despite the lack of labor and overheads, Balaton caterers do not have a bad season
Despite restrained consumer spending, increased operating costs, and inflationary pressures, the overall season for Lake Balaton’s hospitality businesses, including cafes and buffets, doesn’t look bleak. Even though media criticism targeting...
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Tourist agency: the weekend brought strong traffic and income both nationally and at Lake Balaton
August 11-13. the number of guest nights exceeded the previous weekend by 9 percent, and the traffic in these days also exceeded the data of a year earlier based on...
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One and a half million people traveled on Bahart flights this year
The turnover of the ships of Bahart (Balatoni Hajózási Zrt.) has been the same this year as last summer: the number of passengers on ferries reached 1 million, and passenger...
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Index.hu – Zoltán Guller: Balaton is fine
At the national level, the number of guests increased by 4 percent compared to last year in July this year, and compared to 2019, the sector improved by 13 percent...
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MTÜ: Balaton is also a favorite destination for cyclists and hikers
Every year, more and more people take advantage of the program possibilities of the Balaton tourist area, the main role is no longer just the beach. In addition to nearly...
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MTÜ: many more foreign tourists chose Balaton this year
Foreign guest traffic also performs well in the summer season at Lake Balaton, with most of the foreign guests choosing it for their vacation from German-speaking and Visegrád sending countries....
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Szallas.hu: the Hungarians’ desire to travel is unbroken
Hungarians’ desire to travel is unbroken, the favorable weather of the past few weeks has boosted the desire to book, this was also seen in July’s saturation and had an...
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