Tag "turizmus"
Tamás Flesch: autumn can still bring a boost in tourism
The tourism data for July may initially seem concerning, with a decrease in the number of domestic guest nights compared to the previous year. However, Flesch Tamás, President of the...
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MTÜ: Hungarian tourism is one of the biggest winners of the World Athletics Championships
The tourism results of the World Athletics Championships held in Budapest between August 19 and 27 exceeded all previous expectations, the Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTÜ) told MTI on Thursday. According...
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The CheckINN Tourism innovation competition for higher education students starts
CheckINN Tourism Innovation HUB announces its innovation competition for higher education students again this year; the best will win HUF 3 million scholarships and mentoring – CheckINN told MTI on...
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GVH appeared at Booking’s Budapest office
The Economic Competition Authority (GVH) carried out a surprise on-site inspection at the Budapest office of Booking.com, which became necessary due to the oddities related to the Hungarian online hotel...
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Low-cost airlines are soaring again
Ryanair and WizzAir are both popular right now. In August, Ryanair closed the strongest month in the airline’s history, carrying 18.9 million passengers, 11% more than the previous year. Flight...
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The number of guests and guest nights in Gyula also increased
The number of guests and guest nights also increased in Gyula in the first six months of the year – Mayor Ernő Görgényi (Fidesz-KDNP) announced at a press conference on...
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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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KSH: The service foreign trade surplus was 2.7 billion euros in the second quarter
In the second quarter, exports of services calculated in euros increased by 6.7 percent and imports by 0.8 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. The asset...
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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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MTÜ: the St. Stephen’s Day program series brought a sold-out weekend to Budapest
The programs of the series of events organized for Hungary’s birthday were accompanied by an unprecedented interest; based on the data of the National Tourist Information Center (NTAK), the accommodation...
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The Budapest fireworks attracted a lot of tourists
This year, Hungary celebrated with the most spectacular light and fireworks display and drone show of all time, the event was watched by more people than ever before at the...
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Tourism is on the rise, they will not raise prices in Budapest’s spas any longer
This year’s beach season was constrained by the cold and stormy early-season weather, but alongside the increasing foreign tourist influx, the guest numbers and revenues of Budapest’s historic baths have...
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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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Expert: tourism is incredibly strong in Hungary between August 19 and 27
Tourism is incredibly strong in Budapest and Hungary between August 19 and 27, said tourism expert Róbert Richárd Kiss on the M1 current channel on Monday. The expert is Radio...
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Economic researcher Oeconomus: Budapest is one of the world’s most prominent cities for sports tourism
Budapest has made great strides in becoming an important sports tourism destination, in 2022 – overtaking Doha, the host of the soccer world championship – it was already the 13th...
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The merchants were confident, but for now we spend on the SZÉP card not in the store, but in tourism
While retailers held optimistic expectations, it appears that concerns from the tourism sector about a potential shift in spending patterns due to the option of using SZÉP cards (Employer Provided...
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A lot of beer is sold on Balaton InterCity trains
On the Balaton InterCity trains, passengers are satisfied with the improvements and likely also with the prices, as they consumed 2500 hamburgers and 4375 pints of beer on board since...
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NTAK: tourists flock to the World Athletics Championships in Budapest
Almost 340,000 guest-night reservations have already been accepted by Budapest accommodation providers for the duration of the World Athletics Championships, according to data from the National Tourist Information Center. The...
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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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Booking scandal: many people still complain that they owe them a large amount
Booking.com’s payment difficulties still cause problems for Hungarian accommodation providers, as explained by hvg.hu. Although the company has said that maintenance has been completed and payments have begun, many people...
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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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Sziget – Tamás Kádár is satisfied with the number of visitors of 420 thousand
We can’t complain, the total number of visitors of this year’s Sziget festival of around 420,000 is realistic, even if it is 30,000 less than last year. In 2022, the...
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GVH initiates an accelerated procedure against Booking.com
The Economic Competition Authority (GVH) is launching an accelerated sectoral investigation against the Dutch accommodation broker Booking.com, because the company did not pay its debts to the Hungarian accommodation providers....
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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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In the Czech Republic, the utilization of commercial accommodation has increased
The number of domestic and foreign tourists registered in commercial accommodation increased in the second quarter in the Czech Republic, but there is still a lack of wealthier tourists, mainly...
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MTÜ: thousands of accommodations can be made impossible by Booking’s delayed payment
The Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTÜ) uses a questionnaire to assess the effects of late payments by Booking.com among accommodation providers. Based on the almost 6,000 responses received so far, the...
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Fidesz: Booking should pay the Hungarian accommodation providers
On Tuesday, the Fidesz faction called on the booking agency to pay the Hungarian accommodation providers. In the past few days, countless domestic accommodation providers have indicated that the Booking...
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Slovenian Tourist Board: some tourist destinations are inaccessible
Some tourist destinations in Slovenia have become inaccessible due to severe floods, so the Slovenian Tourist Board recommends that everyone check the destination’s website, social media channels, and talk to...
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Wizz Air is temporarily canceling some of its flights in the fall
Due to a mandatory engine check Wizz Air will temporarily cancel some of its flights in the fall – the company told MTI on Tuesday, noting that negotiations are ongoing,...
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