The number of tourism nights increased by 25% and that of tourist arrivals by 30% compared to March 2023
In March 2024, 1.1 million guests spent nearly 2.8 million tourism nights at tourist accommodation establishments1 (commercial, private and other accommodation establishments). The number of guests was 30% higher and that of tourism nights 25% higher than a year earlier. The number of nights spent by domestic guests increased by 22% and that of international tourism nights by 27%. In January-March 2024, domestic guests spent 15% and international guests 21% more tourism nights in tourist accommodation establishments than in the same period of the previous year.
In March 2024:
The number of tourist arrivals was up by 30%, while that of tourism nights by 25% in total at tourist accommodation establishments. 72% of tourism nights were at commercial accommodation establishments, where turnover was 19% higher than a year earlier. Private and other accommodation establishments registered 43% more tourism nights than a year earlier.
The number of domestic tourist arrivals increased by 23% and that of domestic tourism nights by 22% compared to the same month of the previous year. Tourist arrivals numbered 586 thousand and the tourism nights spent 1.3 million at tourist accommodation establishments, within which commercial accommodation establishments registered 431 thousand tourist arrivals and 973 thousand tourism nights. 78% of the latter were spent at hotels, where the number of tourism nights was 19% higher than a year earlier. The number of domestic tourism nights spent at private or other accommodation establishments was up by 37% compared to March 2023. The number of tourism nights spent by domestic guests increased in all tourism areas2 compared to the same period of the previous year, with the highest growth in the Sopron and Gyula regions, up 69% and 33% respectively. The number of nights spent by domestic guests in tourist accommodation increased by 26% in the Balaton region and by 13% in Budapest.
The number of international tourist arrivals and international tourism nights increased by 39% and 27% respectively compared to the same month of the previous year. The 546 thousand guests having arrived at tourist accommodation establishments spent 1.4 million tourism nights there, of which commercial accommodation establishments registered 389 thousand guests and 1.0 million tourism nights, respectively. 84% of the latter were spent at hotels, where the number of tourism nights was 21% higher than a year earlier. The number of international tourism nights spent at private or other accommodation establishments grew by 47% compared to March 2023. The number of tourism nights spent by international guests in Debrecen and surroundings and in the Eger region both increased by 61%, while in the Gyula region it decreased by 18% compared to the same period of the previous year. The number of nights spent by international guests in tourist accommodation increased by 38% at Lake Balaton and by 27% in Budapest.
A total of 21,513 tourist accommodation establishments, within which 2,236 commercial and 19,277 private or other accommodation establishments welcomed guests.
Of commercial accommodation establishments, 917 hotels and 962 boarding houses were open for part or all of March.
The total gross sales revenues of commercial accommodation establishments amounted to HUF 47.2 billion, which was 33% higher at current prices than a year earlier.
Széchenyi Recreation Card was used by cardholders to spend nearly HUF 2.4 billion, 5.7% more at current prices, at commercial accommodation establishments compared to the same month of the previous year.
In January-March 2024 compared to the same period of the previous year:
Tourist accommodation establishments registered a total of 7.1 million tourism nights, up 18%.
Domestic guests and international guests spent 15% and 21% more tourism nights respectively (3.4 million and 3.7 million) in tourist accommodation establishments.
Summary data
| Indicator | Value | Change on same period of previous year, % | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2024 | January-March 2024 | March 2024 | January-March 2024 | |||||
| tourist accommodation establishments | of which: commercial accommodation establishments | tourist accommodation establishments | of which: commercial accommodation establishments | tourist accommodation establishments | of which: commercial accommodation establishments | tourist accommodation establishments | of which: commercial accommodation establishments | |
| Domestic tourism nights, thousands | 1 322 | 973 | 3 367 | 2 576 | 22.4 | 17.9 | 15.3 | 14.4 |
| International tourism nights, thousands | 1 435 | 1 008 | 3 719 | 2 626 | 27.2 | 20.2 | 21.3 | 17.2 |
| Tourism nights, total, thousands | 2 757 | 1 981 | 7 086 | 5 202 | 24.9 | 19.1 | 18.4 | 15.8 |