Hotel capacity may continue to grow in the coming years

The hotel capacity rises with an average of 2.5-3 percent every year. It can be considered as a natural growth, but the growth in the coming years is expected to reach 4-5 percent, due to sporting events, among other things – the President of the Hungarian Association of Hotels and Restaurants told M1 news channel on Tuesday.

Niklai Ákos added that the expansion of hotel capacity is also supported by sporting events like the Swimming World Cup and the Olympic tender, as these events increase the investor's interest.

On domestic tourism, he emphasized that the Széchenyi Rest Cards continue to have a huge impact on traffic, for example, in February this year the amount paid with the card increased by 22 percent over the previous year. (MTI)