Motivation 2017 2018 2019 2020a 2021b 2022c 2023
Number of inbound trips to Hungary, thousand trips
Same-day trips
Private trips 36,601 37,370 41,092 21,735 25,013 30,697 33,149
Of which:
Leisure tourism 4,490 5,037 5,448 2,424 2,138 3,712 2,694
Of which:
Holidays 635 507 362 158 51 77 50
Sightseeing 1,921 2,243 2,453 902 654 2,215 1,433
Wellness 258 483 502 262 138 181 235
Visiting relatives, friends 2,418 2,385 2,113 1,182 1,441 1,640 1,583
Study 333 357 421 229 233 553 530
Medical treatment 1,047 1,216 1,970 977 1,026 1,030 1,129
Religion 125 95 125
57d
31d
 130 148
Shopping 10,140 10,108 10,815 5,607 4,363 6,619 7,770
Transit 17,296 17,325 19,164 10,631 15,362 16,296 18,324
Other private 751 847 1,036 628 419 717 972
Business tourism, conference, dealings 1,126 1,326 1,578 699 1,065 537 1,016
Work 1,450 1,419 1,790 1,790 2,681 2,461 2,304
Total 39,176 40,115 44,460 24,224 28,758 33,694 36,469
Overnight trips
Private trips 14,234 15,640 14,742 5,872 5,702 10,234 10,778
Of which:
Leisure tourism 10,027 10,436 10,023 3,410 3,174 5,849 7,333
Of which:
Holidays 3,314 3,388 2,421 1,055 1,173 1,181 1,510
Sightseeing 3,046 4,042 4,782 1,129 825 1,943 2,559
Wellness 621 539 561 384 155 760 931
Visiting relatives, friends 2,479 2,802 2,643 1,316 1,398 2,031 1,913
Study 96 68 81 63 83 72 82
Medical treatment 570 628 558 255 109 483 285
Religion
25d
24d
 31
13d
 49 187 281
Shopping
74d
 65 123
69d
 54 35
10d
Transit 947 1,548 1,113 379 754 1,484 866
Other private
17d
 68 169 367 81 93
8d
Business tourism, conference, dealings 1,045 1,126 1,207 752 1,271 1,497 1,385
Work 506 786 988 793 956 918 770
Total 15,785 17,552 16,937 7,417 7,929 12,649 12,933
Duration of inbound trips to Hungary, thousand days
Same-day trips
Private trips 36,601 37,370 41,092 21,735 25,013 30,697 33,149
Of which:
Leisure tourism 4,490 5,037 5,448 2,424 2,138 3,712 2,694
Of which:
Holidays 635 507 362 158 51 77 50
Sightseeing 1,921 2,243 2,453 902 654 2,215 1,433
Wellness 258 483 502 262 138 181 235
Visiting relatives, friends 2,418 2,385 2,113 1,182 1,441 1,640 1,583
Study 333 357 421 229 233 553 530
Medical treatment 1,047 1,216 1,970 977 1,026 1,030 1,129
Religion 125 95 125
57d
31d
 130 148
Shopping 10,140 10,108 10,815 5,607 4,363 6,619 7,770
Transit 17,296 17,325 19,164 10,631 15,362 16,296 18,324
Other private 751 847 1,036 628 419 717 972
Business tourism, conference, dealings 1,126 1,326 1,578 699 1,065 537 1,016
Work 1,450 1,419 1,790 1,790 2,681 2,461 2,304
Total 39,176 40,115 44,460 24,224 28,758 33,694 36,469
Overnight trips
Private trips 78,513 81,170 83,681 37,010 43,840 61,576 66,751
Of which:
Leisure tourism 52,549 54,468 55,637 19,915 21,418 35,572 46,552
Of which:
Holidays 22,063 20,910 18,308 7,354 8,436 8,901 11,737
Sightseeing 14,031 19,964 23,344 5,543 4,275 9,108 12,827
Wellness 3,952 3,531 3,346 2,116 1,268 4,639 4,818
Visiting relatives, friends 14,166 15,754 17,019 8,386 12,487 14,865 12,847
Study 4,825 2,749 2,896 4,474 7,033 3,829 3,057
Medical treatment 4,679 4,525 4,816 1,810 734 3,195 1,557
Religion
116d
166d
 182
50d
 198 627 943
Shopping
239d
 224 423
189d
 145 158
39d
Transit 1,894 3,102 2,234 758 1,516 3,019 1,737
Other private
47d
 182 474 1,428 309 311
19d
Business tourism, conference, dealings 4,049 4,010 4,412 3,353 5,618 6,597 5,660
Work 2,706 4,801 5,909 6,358 7,314 5,092 5,286
Total 85,267 89,980 94,002 46,720 56,773 73,265 77,697
Tourism expenditures of inbound trips to Hungary, million HUF
Same-day trips
Private trips 373,715 426,777 523,033 311,079 361,869 523,574 699,167
Of which:
Leisure tourism 29,267 42,701 41,156 19,043 20,114 37,835 34,769
Of which:
Holidays 3,518 5,709 4,094 1,315 2,189 1,259 567
Sightseeing 14,352 17,526 18,395 7,244 6,775 25,622 15,354
Wellness 2,308 8,309 5,222 3,639 1,924 2,122 2,854
Visiting relatives, friends 12,415 13,425 14,693 7,129 10,814 11,160 11,992
Study 342 677 835 384 408 1,154 2,002
Medical treatment 52,143 65,706 87,783 58,902 71,760 82,501 131,360
Religion 530 183 430
277d
206d
 348 638
Shopping 171,380 176,072 213,130 117,311 111,428 182,001 295,726
Transit 104,206 122,460 156,952 97,314 140,783 200,808 215,935
Other private 3,432 5,553 8,053 10,719 6,355 7,766 6,744
Business tourism, conference, dealings 89,276 87,618 73,103 24,826 31,541 13,597 42,576
Work 4,111 4,609 5,610 4,832 10,579 9,800 9,628
Total 467,101 519,004 601,746 340,736 403,988 546,970 751,371
Overnight trips
Private trips 1,211,666 1,380,885 1,513,629 544,319 669,318 1,379,064 1,989,667
Of which:
Leisure tourism 959,892 1,101,197 1,217,273 357,127 405,325 966,205 1,582,180
Of which:
Holidays 227,553 289,245 274,469 107,111 141,113 195,485 345,700
Sightseeing 404,538 554,291 654,544 153,700 141,710 359,110 561,932
Wellness 54,732 52,068 61,548 38,947 27,067 134,456 193,394
Visiting relatives, friends 143,296 152,776 180,032 89,982 149,452 196,978 218,624
Study 26,104 20,338 18,796 29,758 64,916 52,993 42,582
Medical treatment 62,325 72,956 65,732 31,333 22,215 108,688 96,671
Religion
1,413d
3,253d
 3,256
318d
 3,194 15,003 28,760
Shopping
5,839d
 4,458 5,245
3,019d
 1,437 4,356
3,494d
Transit 12,014 22,217 17,536 7,105 20,105 28,781 17,105
Other private
783d
 3,689 5,759 25,676 2,675 6,061
250d
Business tourism, conference, dealings 127,519 127,253 138,211 97,859 187,227 271,664 297,446
Work 26,125 39,638 56,524 71,428 85,026 105,283 98,253
Total 1,365,311 1,547,776 1,708,364 713,606 941,571 1,756,011 2,385,366

Footnotes

*Excluding lorry-drivers.
aDue to the coronavirus epidemic in 2020, emergency measures were introduced, and the border traffic was significantly lower than usual. Because of to the low number of data providers, the reliability of the published data has decreased and they are only to a limited extent comparable with the data of previous periods. As a result of a border closure ordered due to the coronavirus epidemic, data collection on international tourism was suspended in the second quarter of 2020, so the data for the period were made using model estimation.
bDue to the coronavirus epidemic in 2021, emergency measures were introduced, and the border traffic was significantly lower than usual. Because of to the low number of data providers, the reliability of the published data has decreased and they are only to a limited extent comparable with the data of previous periods.
cDue to the coronavirus epidemic in 2022, emergency measures were introduced, and the border traffic was significantly lower than usual. Because of to the low number of data providers, the reliability of the published data has decreased and they are only to a limited extent comparable with the data of previous periods.
dThe accuracy of the estimate is not reliable.

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