In November 2022, 691 thousand guests spent 1.7 million tourism nights in commercial accommodation establishments (hotels, boarding houses, camping sites, bungalow complexes, and community hostels). The number of guests rose by 17% and that of nights by 7.8% compared to the same period of the previous year. Compared to November 2021, the number of nights spent by domestic guests increased by 1.6% and that of nights spent by foreign guests increased by 15%. In January–November 2022, domestic guests spent 19% more tourism nights, and foreign guests more than twice as many tourism nights, 114% more than in the same period of the previous year.
In November 2022:
The number of domestic tourist arrivals grew by 10% and that of tourism nights by 1.6% compared to the same month of the previous year. The former was 380 thousand and the latter 856 thousand. 76% of the nights were spent at hotels, where the number of tourism nights was 5.8% higher than a year earlier. Turnover was down 8.0% in boarding houses and up 7.6% in community hostels compared with November 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 27% and tourism nights by 15% compared to the same month of the previous year. A total of 311 thousand guests stayed in accommodation establishments for 842 thousand nights. 83% of these nights were spent in hotels, where the number of nights spent increased by 14% compared to November 2021. The most popular tourism region was the Budapest–Central Danube Region, where 63% of international tourism nights were registered.
In November 2022:
2,075 commercial accommodation establishments, including 842 hotels and 928 boarding houses, were open for part or all of the month.
Total tourism nights spent were split 50-50 between domestic and foreign guests.
In January–November 2022 compared to the same period of the previous year:
The number of tourism nights spent in commercial accommodation increased by 46% to nearly 25 million. Domestic guests spent 19% more tourism nights in commercial accommodations and foreign guests more than twice as many, 114% more (14 million and 10 million respectively).
Total gross sales revenues of commercial accommodation at current prices increased by 70% to HUF 421 billion.
