BUDAPEST: The Central Statistical Office (KSH) stated that the number of guest nights spent in Hungary by foreign visitors increased by 11 per cent in February 2015, while domestic guests accounted for a 9 per cent increase compared to figures for the identical period of the previous year. On the whole, the number of visitors to hotels and other places of accommodation increased by ten per cent in February, which resulted in a 11 per cent increase in gross revenue.
Hungary received 42 per cent more guests from Great Britain, 11 per cent more from Italy and 5.4 per cent more from Austria than in the identical period of the previous year. However, the number of guest nights decreased in the case of tourists from Russia, the Ukraine and Germany, by 36, 11 and 5.1 per cent respectively.
Inland guests spent 609 000 guest nights at commercial hospitality facilities, slightly above the 595 000 guest nights spent in Hungary by foreign tourists in Hungary. In the case of domestic guests, the figures reflect a 9.6 and 9 per cent increase respectively.
