Purpose of travel 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1a Q2b Q3c Q4d Q1e Q2f Q3g Q4h Q1i Q2j Q3k Q4l Q1m Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Number of trips, thousands
Same-day trips
Personal trips 7,970 9,716 15,086 8,319 7,108 2,550 7,510 4,567 3,114 5,184 10,908 5,806 5,382 7,059 11,111 7,145 5,827 7,739 12,166 7,417 6,208 8,057 12,411
Of which:
Holidays, leisure and recreation 1,215 1,432 1,759 1,042 849 323 964 288 214 396 975 552 656 807 1,537 713 745 858 743 348 304 494 1,185
Of which:
Recreation (water based, mountain, rural)
32n
67 185 78 52 20 87
3n
48
5n
11n
61
0n
6
7n
33n
3n
2n
23n
81
Round trip, cruise ship 637 601 739 476 394 104 340 65
0n
74 346 234 397 451 865 503 553 494 311 75 71 83 508
Wellness 86 119 195 103 69 76 100 17
14n
31 72 20 20 43 101 17
16n
50 148
21n
42n
44 159
Visiting friends and relatives 569 547 585 412 361 118 388 315 228 347 457 409 381 357 457 445 319 342 567 355 362 465 405
Studies 142 99 40 140 130 5 36 59 26 51 24 132 234 101 63 155 153 118 58 200 166 118 89
Health care 394 478 676 422 365 264 229 120 222 199 413 193 256 237 297 240 155 182 446 347 275 372 468
Religious purpose
25n
26n
46
27n
24n
5n
13n
15n
6n
13n
13n
22n
32n
24 53 39
36n
23 50 54
62n
76
Shopping 2,590 2,610 2,925 2,691 2,346 548 1,535 1,177 489 918 1,525 1,431 1,522 1,468 1,585 2,044 1,618 1,710 2,184 2,259 1,991 1,833 2,152
Transit 2,833 4,192 8,709 3,430 2,856 1,225 4,092 2,458 1,829 3,195 7,375 2,962 2,144 3,820 6,988 3,345 2,539 4,338 7,858 3,590 2,823 4,438 7,788
Other personal trips 203 332 346 155 177 63 254 135 104 72 127 116 167 238 161 151 260 156 287 268 235 274 250
Business, conference, cross border trading 396 456 437 289 226 65 197 212 216 248 393 208 150 128 131 127 200 243 324 249 259 317 372
Working 456 448 436 450 404 170 570 646 786 632 692 571 562 553 758 587 522 533 655 594 493 685 571
Total 8,822 10,619 15,960 9,058 7,737 2,785 8,276 5,425 4,115 6,064 11,994 6,586 6,094 7,740 12,001 7,859 6,550 8,515 13,145 8,259 6,960 9,059 13,354
Multi-day trips
Personal trips 2,718 3,534 5,187 3,304 2,418 518 2,136 801 376 1,014 2,657 1,654 1,706 2,465 3,644 2,420 1,940 2,637 3,879 2,322 1,934 2,659 3,934
Of which:
Holidays, leisure and recreation 1,657 2,439 3,742 2,185 1,538 278 1,369 224 104 397 1,745 928 850 1,374 2,371 1,254 1,129 1,763 2,913 1,528 1,245 1,874 3,100
Of which:
Recreation (water based, mountain, rural) 323 473 1,225 400 273 84 642
56n
0n
90 911 172 121 179 845
36n
78 256 1,087 89 54 210 1,235
Round trip, cruise ship 872 1,245 1,488 1,177 835 22 262 9
4n
21n
376 423 357 557 536 492 410 706 786 657 547 873 780
Wellness 98 142 232 89 109 98 161
15n
1n
1n
76 76 66 113 251 330 329 210 161 231 259 184 165
Visiting friends and relatives 600 545 817 681 531 102 371 311 141 247 636 374 426 498 611 496 499 477 488 449 350 413 460
Studies 25 25
11n
21 21 5 15 22 28 21 16 18 24 15 12 21 14 26
8n
34 11 11
6n
Health care 140 138 171 109 116 57 49 33
8n
11n
41 50 70 233 120 60 48 55 66 115 90 70 136
Religious purpose
9n
2n
10n
10n
11n
1n
1n
1n
5n
5n
28
11n
9n
34 88 56 35 71 124
51n
62n
56n
56n
Shopping
35n
37n
46n
4n
6n
9n
31
24n
14n
13n
26n
2n
9n
12n
14n
7n
1n
2n
2n
3n
Transit 228 310 375 200 137
17n
105 120 59 277 158 260 293 282 404 504 205 242 278 141 172 217 175
Other personal trips
22n
38
16n
94 58 48 194 66
18n
43n
8n
12n
24n
29n
25n
14n
3n
2n
3n
0n
15n
1n
Business, conference, cross border trading 359 305 314 228 190 33 200 329 264 359 394 253 300 434 418 346 293 348 395 349 371 375 376
Working 256 229 281 221 223 36 230 304 270 303 191 192 194 243 247 234 241 209 136 184 178 222 194
Total 3,333 4,068 5,782 3,754 2,831 587 2,566 1,434 911 1,677 3,242 2,100 2,199 3,142 4,309 2,999 2,475 3,193 4,410 2,856 2,483 3,257 4,504
Total length of stay of inbound trips, thousand days
Same-day trips
Personal trips 7,970 9,716 15,086 8,319 7,108 2,550 7,510 4,567 3,114 5,184 10,908 5,806 5,382 7,059 11,111 7,145 5,827 7,739 12,166 7,417 6,208 8,057 12,411
Of which:
Holidays, leisure and recreation 1,215 1,432 1,759 1,042 849 323 964 288 214 396 975 552 656 807 1,537 713 745 858 743 348 304 494 1,185
Of which:
Recreation (water based, mountain, rural)
32n
67 185 78 52 20 87
3n
48
5n
11n
61
0n
6
7n
33n
3n
2n
23n
81
Round trip, cruise ship 637 601 739 476 394 104 340 65
0n
74 346 234 397 451 865 503 553 494 311 75 71 83 508
Wellness 86 119 195 103 69 76 100 17
14n
31 72 20 20 43 101 17
16n
50 148
21n
42n
44 159
Visiting friends and relatives 569 547 585 412 361 118 388 315 228 347 457 409 381 357 457 445 319 342 567 355 362 465 405
Studies 142 99 40 140 130 5 36 59 26 51 24 132 234 101 63 155 153 118 58 200 166 118 89
Health care 394 478 676 422 365 264 229 120 222 199 413 193 256 237 297 240 155 182 446 347 275 372 468
Religious purpose
25n
26n
46
27n
24n
5n
13n
15n
6n
13n
13n
22n
32n
24 53 39
36n
23 50 54 62 76
Shopping 2,590 2,610 2,925 2,691 2,346 548 1,535 1,177 489 918 1,525 1,431 1,522 1,468 1,585 2,044 1,618 1,710 2,184 2,259 1,991 1,833 2,152
Transit 2,833 4,192 8,709 3,430 2,856 1,225 4,092 2,458 1,829 3,195 7,375 2,962 2,144 3,820 6,988 3,345 2,539 4,338 7,858 3,590 2,823 4,438 7,788
Other personal trips 203 332 346 155 177 63 254 135 104 72 127 116 167 238 161 151 260 156 287 268 235 274 250
Business, conference, cross border trading 396 456 437 289 226 65 197 212 216 248 393 208 150 128 131 127 200 243 324 249 259 317 372
Working 456 448 436 450 404 170 570 646 786 632 692 571 562 553 758 587 522 533 655 594 493 685 571
Total 8,822 10,619 15,960 9,058 7,737 2,785 8,276 5,425 4,115 6,064 11,994 6,586 6,094 7,740 12,001 7,859 6,550 8,515 13,145 8,259 6,960 9,059 13,354
Multi-day trips
Personal trips 14,578 19,207 32,582 17,313 12,324 3,057 16,326 5,302 4,306 8,721 19,975 10,838 10,977 14,185 22,841 13,573 11,535 15,473 26,552 13,191 10,051 15,047 27,393
Of which:
Holidays, leisure and recreation 8,089 12,895 23,423 11,230 7,383 1,579 9,642 1,310 462 2,541 12,394 6,021 4,688 7,073 16,015 7,796 6,127 10,298 21,329 8,799 6,398 10,342 22,234
Of which:
Recreation (water based, mountain, rural) 1,950 3,368 10,715 2,274 1,385 544 5,125
299n
0n
558 6,871 1,006 634 1,094 6,965
209n
546 1,840 8,678 673 444 1,627 10,698
Round trip, cruise ship 4,127 6,019 7,416 5,782 3,956 100 1,413 73
50n
148n
1,875 2,202 1,737 2,518 2,593 2,259 2,112 3,696 3,935 3,085 2,831 4,301 3,984
Wellness 474 769 1,646 457 507 506 1,039
63n
4n
6n
708 551 337 574 1,774 1,954 1,676 1,299 778 1,064 1,178 829 929
Visiting friends and relatives 3,615 3,443 6,192 3,769 2,948 476 3,021 1,942 1,798 2,627 5,348 2,715 3,255 3,653 4,615 3,342 3,664 3,069 3,542 2,571 2,017 2,842 3,611
Studies 1,183 661
235n
818 623 320 2,095 1,436 1,755 2,707 1,464 1,107 1,875 969 242 743 900 1,029
255n
873 732 799
317n
Health care 1,055 1,253 1,708 800 898 430 337 144
33n
47n
267 387 440 1,638 739 378 313 353 441 450 349 363 662
Religious purpose
54n
8n
72n
47n
42n
3n
2n
2n
23n
19n
107
50n
28n
127 294 177 97 228 425
193n
190n
149n
218n
Shopping
79n
177n
139n
27n
11n
25n
99
54n
42n
39n
61n
4n
24n
39n
96n
17n
4n
18n
15n
6n
Transit 457 627 750 400 273
35n
209 240 118 562 315 520 610 573 827 1,009 411 489 556 282 344 434 349
Other personal trips
45n
143
65n
222 147 188 920 173
75n
179n
20n
34n
57n
152n
70n
32n
7n
7n
5n
6n
113n
2n
Business, conference, cross border trading 1,190 1,159 1,223 841 703 189 1,017 1,444 1,329 1,662 1,560 1,068 1,338 1,904 1,857 1,498 1,270 1,420 1,690 1,280 1,551 1,841 1,470
Working 1,288 1,333 1,963 1,325 1,094 392 2,100 2,771 1,858 2,885 1,218 1,354 932 1,410 1,433 1,318 1,362 1,687 840 1,397 854 1,309 1,696
Total 17,056 21,699 35,768 19,479 14,121 3,639 19,443 9,517 7,493 13,268 22,753 13,259 13,246 17,499 26,132 16,389 14,166 18,580 29,082 15,868 12,456 18,197 30,560
Spending of inbound trips, million HUF
Same-day trips
Personal trips 101,737 123,044 173,985 124,266 103,933 40,411 95,972 70,763 55,678 75,912 132,582 97,697 101,244 126,227 162,067 134,037 109,009 159,053 242,221 188,884 148,642 175,788 230,342
Of which:
Holidays, leisure and recreation 9,295 10,422 13,820 7,619 6,054 2,809 7,641 2,539 1,695 3,727 8,767 5,924 6,640 8,413 13,657 9,125 8,408 9,804 9,795 6,763 5,320 10,420 11,093
Of which:
Recreation (water based, mountain, rural)
155n
740 2,406 792 594 112 609
23n
2,166
63n
61n
1,132
3n
38
118n
383n
28n
9n
378n
916
Round trip, cruise ship 4,631 4,526 5,572 3,666 3,093 719 2,606 826
12n
797 3,125 2,841 4,523 5,444 9,115 6,540 5,845 5,408 3,651 450 330 782 1,999
Wellness 1,452 1,205 1,880 685 770 1,154 1,557 158
386n
490 674 374 196 338 1,445 143
200n
450 1,743
460n
2,377n
6,161 5,423
Visiting friends and relatives 3,555 4,128 3,768 3,243 2,352 659 2,432 1,685 1,488 2,986 3,120 3,220 3,257 2,810 2,877 2,217 2,225 2,624 4,004 3,140 3,100 3,011 2,105
Studies 216 183 74 362 223 7 15 139 154 42 35 177 272 312 120 449 593 395 226 788 607 905 266
Health care 16,508 21,315 28,458 21,502 19,933 14,388 16,008 8,572 23,201 15,623 17,735 15,201 27,470 19,459 21,340 14,231 12,822 25,275 50,061 43,203 25,377 33,866 46,694
Religious purpose
59n
107n
204
61n
60n
14n
31n
172n
55n
110n
42n
61n
82n
33 172 102
349n
55 132 135
896n
2,500
Shopping 45,751 45,865 62,516 58,999 46,910 11,101 31,511 27,789 10,876 22,169 38,129 40,253 37,749 38,224 45,342 60,685 49,743 68,720 90,454 86,809 75,424 64,546 79,086
Transit 25,120 37,719 62,795 31,319 27,174 10,583 34,288 25,268 16,192 29,806 63,436 31,348 23,287 54,160 77,246 46,114 32,766 50,978 85,962 46,229 37,046 59,141 86,037
Other personal trips 1,233 3,306 2,351 1,162 1,226 847 4,046 4,599 2,071 1,503 1,249 1,533 2,507 2,766 1,450 1,043 2,351 908 1,663 1,821 1,633 3,003 2,561
Business, conference, cross border trading 23,684 22,048 16,930 10,441 7,953 2,260 6,285 8,327 7,808 7,688 10,430 5,614 3,915 3,107 2,866 3,709 10,110 12,850 11,076 8,540 8,589 24,982 23,401
Working 1,513 1,434 1,350 1,313 836 303 1,601 2,092 4,240 2,552 2,174 1,612 2,015 2,850 2,654 2,280 2,098 2,108 3,212 2,211 1,838 2,986 2,373
Total 126,934 146,526 192,265 136,020 112,722 42,973 103,859 81,182 67,726 86,152 145,187 104,924 107,174 132,183 167,586 140,026 121,217 174,011 256,509 199,634 159,069 203,756 256,115
Multi-day trips
Personal trips 229,864 363,594 584,560 335,612 224,766 39,018 226,485 54,050 40,535 93,062 323,755 211,967 204,472 320,218 545,757 308,617 301,818 425,154 818,372 444,323 323,573 505,678 836,951
Of which:
Holidays, leisure and recreation 172,224 294,053 480,562 270,434 164,067 21,773 151,534 19,753 4,839 35,870 222,278 142,338 110,481 206,747 432,403 216,574 202,463 340,489 693,143 346,085 239,594 411,559 711,258
Of which:
Recreation (water based, mountain, rural) 31,589 56,861 140,911 45,107 22,943 6,170 71,717
6,281n
1n
9,162 108,958 22,992 14,359 26,336 148,743
6,047n
17,999 52,559 248,724 26,419 19,942 55,114 301,625
Round trip, cruise ship 108,213 165,300 215,805 165,227 108,974 2,612 40,377 1,736
1,035n
3,329n
61,727 75,620 55,294 99,411 109,007 95,398 84,997 145,834 181,320 149,781 104,877 180,475 171,072
Wellness 7,118 12,911 29,627 11,892 10,597 7,981 18,984
1,386n
76n
345n
13,528 13,118 12,039 15,224 50,078 57,114 58,808 37,139 50,815 46,633 51,401 46,858 54,104
Visiting friends and relatives 31,671 38,856 68,650 40,855 36,203 4,431 31,891 17,456 15,768 25,886 69,391 38,407 49,831 44,599 60,558 41,990 67,178 41,568 68,677 41,202 37,682 52,172 72,588
Studies 5,488 4,601
2,079n
6,629 6,665 1,987 14,590 6,516 15,868 20,504 16,145 12,399 22,778 13,124 4,760 12,331 11,328 15,232
3,310n
12,712 9,939 9,109
3,974n
Health care 14,397 16,345 23,351 11,639 13,940 6,522 7,162 3,709
1,379n
2,671n
9,177 8,989 14,405 45,136 30,623 18,524 12,885 18,868 31,654 33,264 26,261 20,081 38,927
Religious purpose
1,198n
76n
1,751n
232n
198n
44n
20n
57n
276n
339n
1,689
891n
556n
3,132 5,778 5,536 2,971 4,676 14,568
6,545n
5,613n
5,415n
6,534n
Shopping
1,047n
1,982n
1,813n
403n
108n
302n
1,365
1,244n
374n
209n
709n
144n
289n
3,115n
952n
1,315n
1,062n
1,118n
973n
405n
Transit 3,384 5,843 5,835 2,473 1,972
317n
1,604 3,212 1,605 6,218 3,926 8,356 5,223 5,300 6,253 12,005 3,641 4,107 5,959 3,398 3,356 4,584 3,613
Other personal trips
454n
1,838
520n
2,947 1,613 3,642 18,320 2,102
427n
1,363n
440n
444n
908n
2,179n
2,267n
706n
37n
213n
0n
155n
2,353n
56n
Business, conference, cross border trading 35,207 35,399 40,591 27,013 24,813 3,740 27,612 41,694 36,112 51,655 59,168 40,292 49,925 71,858 80,161 69,720 66,034 70,344 94,929 66,139 73,505 82,976 87,369
Working 13,314 13,476 17,441 12,293 11,067 3,088 24,968 32,305 19,880 33,069 13,794 18,283 17,932 31,571 31,912 23,868 27,730 30,410 18,659 21,453 19,037 24,090 25,908
Total 278,385 412,469 642,592 374,918 260,646 45,846 279,065 128,049 96,527 177,785 396,716 270,542 272,329 423,647 657,830 402,206 395,581 525,909 931,961 531,915 416,116 612,744 950,227

Footnotes

*Number of foreign visitors, exluding lorry-drivers.
aDue 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.
bAs 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 the data for the period were made using model estimation. The reliability of the published data has significantly decreased and they have only limited comparability with data from previous periods.
cDue 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.
dIn 2020. IV. quarter, border traffic was significantly lower than usual due to the border crossing rules still in force and the regulation on the use of accommodation, which will enter into force on 11 November 2020. Due to the low number of data providers, the reliability of published data has decreased and they are only to a limited extent comparable to data from previous periods.
eDue to the emergency measures introduced at the beginning of March 2021 in response to the coronavirus pandemic and the cessation of data collection, tourism demand data for Q1 were partly based on model estimates and therefore have limited comparability with previous periods.
fDue to the emergency measures introduced at the beginning of March 2021 in response to the coronavirus pandemic and the cessation of data collection, tourism demand data for Q2 were partly based on model estimates and therefore have limited comparability with previous periods.
gDue to the coronavirus epidemic, in the previous year the border crossing rules were tightened again from 1 September 2020, resulting a significant 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.
hDue to the coronavirus epidemic, the number of respondents decreased significantly in the same period of the previous year. Because of it, the reliability of the published data has decreased and they are only to a limited extent comparable to the data of previous periods.
iDue to the war in Ukraine, the questionnaire survey on the Ukrainian border is suspended from the end of February. Because of the above, the estimate for Q1 is not based on total visitor traffic (excluding the Ukrainian border section in March). The reliability of the published data has decreased and those are only to a limited extent comparable to the data of previous periods.
jDue to the war in Ukraine, the questionnaire survey on the Ukrainian border is suspended from the end of February. Because of the above, the estimate for Q2 is not based on total visitor traffic (excluding the Ukrainian border section). The reliability of the published data has decreased and those are only to a limited extent comparable to the data of previous periods.
kDue to the war in Ukraine, the questionnaire survey on the Ukrainian border is suspended from the end of February 2022. Because of the above, the estimate for Q3 is not based on total visitor traffic (excluding the Ukrainian border section). The reliability of the published data has decreased and those are only to a limited extent comparable to the data of previous periods.
lDue to the war in Ukraine, the questionnaire survey on the Ukrainian border is suspended from the end of February 2022. Because of the above, the estimate for Q4 is not based on total visitor traffic (excluding the Ukrainian border section). The reliability of the published data has decreased and those are only to a limited extent comparable to the data of previous periods.
mDue to the war in Ukraine, the questionnaire survey on the Ukrainian border is suspended from the end of February 2022.The survey was restarted in January 2023. Because of the above, the estimate for Q1 2022 is not based on total visitor traffic (excluding the Ukrainian border section). The reliability of the published data has decreased and those are only to a limited extent comparable to the data of previous periods.
nThe accuracy of the estimate is not reliable.
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