Tourism association: the transfer of the airport to the state is not only a business issue!

By: Trademagazin Date: 2024. 06. 07. 10:14

The Hungarian Tourism Association Foundation (MTSZA), which brings together more than forty professional organizations operating in the field of tourism, welcomes the purchase of the airport and expects a large increase in international traffic from the majority state ownership of the country’s number one airport. According to the MTSZA, the return of the Budapest airport is an important step in strengthening Hungary’s leading regional role in Central Europe, the organization told MTI on Saturday.

The airports of Hungary’s regional competitors, such as those in Warsaw, Prague, Bratislava, Bucharest and Sofia, are all 100 percent state-owned, while the majority of the Vienna airport is owned by the Austrian community – reminds the MTSZA.

“Who controls the country’s airport is not just a business issue, but also a strategic one. That is why taking the airport into domestic hands was a necessary and gratifying step. This will allow more favorable decisions for the entire sector to be made, in addition to the long-term technical planning of the airport, for example the In addition to all this, the role of the airport is significant from the point of view of the country’s image, as tourists arriving and departing from here get their first and last impressions of our country.”

– emphasized Péter Princzinger, president of the MTSZA, according to the announcement.