The number of tourism nights grew by 22% compared to December 2021
In December 2022, 725 thousand guests spent 1.7 million tourism nights in commercial accommodation establishments1 (hotels, boarding houses, camping sites, bungalow complexes and community hostels). The number of guests rose by 28% and that of nights by 22% compared to December 2021. The number of nights spent by domestic guests increased by 4.3% and that of nights spent by foreign guests increased by 44%. In 2022, domestic guests spent 18% more tourism nights and foreign guests 106% more than in the previous year.
In December 2022:
The number of domestic tourist arrivals grew by 12% and that of tourism nights by 4.3% compared to same month of previous year. The former was 373 thousand and the latter 830 thousand. 77% of the nights were spent at hotels, where the number of tourism nights was 7.7% higher than a year earlier. Turnover was down 4.2% in boarding houses and up 6.2% in community hostels compared with December 2021. The two most popular tourist regions, the Budapest–Central Danube Region and Lake Balaton, recorded 23% and 21% of domestic tourism nights respectively.
International tourist arrivals increased by 52% and tourism nights by 44% compared to same month of previous year. A total of 352 thousand guests stayed in accommodation establishments for 908 thousand nights. 84% of these nights were spent in hotels, where the number of nights spent was 44% higher than a year earlier. The most popular tourism region was the Budapest–Central Danube Region, where 74% of international tourism nights were registered.
Total gross sales revenues were HUF 43 billion, 58% higher than the previous year at current prices.
Cardholders paid 4.0% more, HUF 2.1 billion, with their Széchenyi Recreation Cards in commercial accommodation.
1,991 commercial accommodation establishments, including 826 hotels and 884 boarding houses, were open for part or all of the month.
52% of all tourism nights were spent by foreign guests.
In 2022 compared to the previous year:
The number of tourism nights spent in commercial accommodation increased by around 45% to 26 million. Domestic guests spent 18% more tourism nights in commercial accommodation and foreign guests 106% more (15 million and 11 million respectively).
Total gross sales revenues of commercial accommodation at current prices increased by 69% to HUF 464 billion.
Summary data, December 2022
| Indicator | Value | Change on same period of previous year, % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December | January-December | December | January-December | |
| Tourism nights spent by domestic tourists, thousand | 830 | 14 910 | 4.3 | 17.7 |
| Tourism nights spent by international tourists, thousand | 908 | 11 337 | 44.4 | 106.1 |
| Tourism nights, total, thousand | 1 738 | 26 247 | 22.0 | 44.5 |
| Revenues, total, billion HUFa) | 43 | 464 | 58.4 | 68.9 |
a) At current prices.