4.5.9. Tourism related revenues, expenditures and balance (National Bank of Hungary /NBH/; balance of payments; export, import and balance data of the travel line according to the BPM6 methodology)

(HUF million)

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Period, quarters Tourism (expenditures of foreigners coming to Hungary) Correction items related to international trade in services statisticsa Travel services (corrected with the adjustment items of international trade in services) Tourism (expenditures of Hungarians travelling abroad) Correction items related to international trade in services statisticsb Travel services (corrected with the adjustment items of international trade in services) Tourism as a whole Correction items related to international trade in services statisticsc Travel services (corrected with the adjustment items of international trade in services)
revenue (exports) expenditure (imports) balance
denomination a b c=a+b d e f=d+e g=a-d h=b-e i=c-f
2016 Q1 310 913 -17 532 293 381 164 140 -33 304 130 836 146 772 15 772 162 544
Q2 432 808 -35 636 397 172 173 320 -30 667 142 653 259 488 -4 969 254 519
Q3 589 599 -53 423 536 176 250 751 -40 312 210 440 338 848 -13 112 325 736
Q4 391 223 -26 808 364 415 154 519 -29 907 124 612 236 704 3 098 239 803
Q1–Q4 1 724 543 -133 400 1 591 143 742 731 -134 190 608 541 981 812 790 982 602
2017 Q1 321 486 -13 316 308 170 165 520 -31 258 134 262 155 966 17 942 173 908
Q2 457 870 -38 960 418 910 203 695 -36 841 166 854 254 175 -2 119 252 056
Q3 626 486 -52 796 573 689 279 103 -39 656 239 447 347 383 -13 140 334 242
Q4 426 571 -33 966 392 604 168 170 -36 546 131 624 258 401 2 580 260 980
Q1–Q4 1 832 412 -139 039 1 693 373 816 487 -144 301 672 187 1 015 925 5 262 1 021 186
2018 Q1 356 783 -25 092 331 691 170 236 -33 058 137 178 186 547 7 965 194 512
Q2 500 555 -47 075 453 480 220 191 -46 554 173 638 280 364 -522 279 842
Q3 724 144 -71 178 652 966 302 345 -47 200 255 145 421 798 -23 978 397 821
Q4 485 298 -52 587 432 712 194 955 -45 422 149 534 290 343 -7 165 283 178
Q1–Q4 2 066 780 -195 932 1 870 847 887 728 -172 234 715 494 1 179 052 -23 699 1 155 353
2019 Q1 405 319 -27 507 377 812 183 453 -35 693 147 761 221 866 5 374 227 240
Q2 558 995 -49 034 509 961 222 651 -41 026 181 625 336 344 -10 820 325 524
Q3 834 858 -75 118 759 739 346 402 -50 265 296 137 488 456 -27 665 460 791
Q4 510 938 -35 102 475 837 217 168 -43 592 173 576 293 770 5 679 299 448
Q1–Q4 2 310 110 -186 761 2 123 349 969 674 -170 575 799 099 1 340 436 -27 432 1 313 004
2020 Q1d 373 368 -23 769 349 599 161 914 -24 181 137 732 211 454 -690 210 764
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Q3f 382 924 -29 814 353 110 118 312 -11 226 107 086 264 611 -18 588 246 024
Q4g 209 231 -14 242 194 989 58 496 -8 799 49 697 150 735 -5 443 145 292
Q1–Q4h .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
aInternational passanger transport, insurance, valuable and durable consumer goods, illegal services related items.  bInternational passanger transport, valuable and durable consumer goods.  cInternational passenger transport, Insurance Valuable and durable consumer goods, Illegal services.  dDue to emergency measures in response to the coronavirus epidemic, including a border closure introduced in mid-March and suspending data collections, data on tourism demand in the first quarter are only available for the period from 1 January to 13 March 2020, so they have only limited comparability with data from previous periods.  eAs a result of a border closure ordered due to the coronavirus epidemic, data collection on tourism was suspended in the second quarter of 2020, so data for the period are not available.  fDue to the coronavirus epidemic, border traffic in the third quarter was significantly lower than in the previous period, in addition, border crossing rules were tightened again from 1 September 2020, resulting in a further reduction in the number of respondents. Due to the above, the reliability of the published data has decreased and they have only limited comparability with data from previous periods.  gIn the fourth quarter of 2020, due to border crossing rules still in force and the accommodation use regulation, which entered into force on 11 November 2020, border traffic was significantly lower than usual. Due to the low number of data providers, the reliability of published data has decreased and they are only to a limited extent comparable with data from previous periods.  hAnnual data on tourism demand are not yet available due to emergency measures put in place as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic, including the border closure introduced in mid-March and the suspension of data collection.  Preliminary data 

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