The number of tourism nights decreased by 93% compared to December 2019
As a result of border crossing restrictions and Covid-19 protection measures1 for commercial accommodation, domestic tourists spent 89% fewer tourism nights in commercial accommodation establishments2 (hotels, boarding houses, camping sites, bungalow complexes and community hostels) compared to the same period of the previous year. International guests spent 96% fewer nights. 70% of all tourism nights were spent by domestic guests. Total gross sales of commercial accommodation establishments, calculated at current prices, were 93% lower than in December of the previous year. The number of domestic tourism nights decreased by 53% compared to the previous month, based on seasonally and calendar-adjusted data. In 2020, the number of tourism nights was 58% less than in 2019.
In December 2020, compared to the same month of the previous year:
33 thousand domestic guests (92% decrease) spent 104 thousand tourism nights (89% decrease). 58% of nights were spent in hotels, a 92% decline. The turnover in boarding houses and community hostels was nearly one third (29% and 32% respectively) of the turnover in December of the previous year. The Balaton tourism region saw the largest decline.
The number of foreign arrivals and tourism nights fell by 97% and 96% respectively, with 14 thousand guests spending 44 thousand tourism nights in accommodation establishments. Most guests stayed in hotels, however, the number of nights spent there decreased to 3.4%. Budapest and the Balaton tourist region recorded the largest declines (99% and 98%, respectively).
Total gross sales revenues were down by 93% (to HUF 2.9 billion) at current prices.
In December 2020:
1,221 commercial accommodation establishments, including 451 hotels and 544 boarding houses were open for part or all of the month.
In January-December 2020, compared to the same period of the previous year:
58% fewer, a total of 13 million tourism nights were registered at commercial accommodation establishments. Domestic guests spent 39% and international guests 77% fewer tourism nights (9.6 million and 3.7 million respectively) in commercial accommodation establishments.
Total gross sales revenues of commercial accommodation establishments decreased by 59% at current prices and amounted to HUF 228 billion.
Summary data, December 2020
| Indicator | Value | Change compared to same period of previous year, % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December | January–December | December | January–December | |
| Tourism nights spent by domestic tourists, thousands | 104 | 9 639 | –89.0 | –38.9 |
| Tourism nights spent by international tourists, thousands | 44 | 3 693 | –96.0 | –76.6 |
| Tourism nights, total, thousands | 147 | 13 332 | –92.7 | –57.7 |
| Revenues, total, billion HUF a) | 3 | 228 | –93.4 | –59.4 |
a) At current prices.