More foreigners come to tie the knot in Hungary, Budapest on the world’s top for luxury weddings
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Concerning wedding tourism, Hungary is one of the world’s most popular places to tie the know not only for “ordinary” foreign couples but also for billionaires. Wealthy Indian, Vietnamese, and Chinese sweethearts come to Budapest to say ‘Yes’ because even their well-travelled relatives can experience something new. Budapest and Hungary are on the world’s top for luxury weddings.
Chinese, Indians, and Vietnamese come to tie the knot in Budapest, Hungary
Turizmus.com asked multiple players in the sector about their experience of how Budapest and Hungary became a world hot spot for foreign weddings. Nóra Kisfaludy-Tóbel, the CEO of Cinderella’s Day Ltd., said their first foreign contracts were from Anglosaxon countries. Later, Scandinavians joined the ‘club’, and from 2012-2013, Indians discovered the beauties of Hungary and Budapest.
She said Budapest and the country can offer new experiences for even the wealthy Indians. Hungary has a high ‘wow’ factor, she highlighted. Furthermore, Budapest’s rich historical, architectural and cultural heritage and world heritage sites are highly praised by couples from China, Hongkong, Taiwan and Vietnam.
Here are the most popular places in Budapest
Couples and their guests regularly spend at least two but regularly 3-4 nights in the city. The venue is Budapest, but there are exceptions. In those cases, the families choose the wine region of Etyek, Lake Balaton or some of our renewed castles. In Budapest, the most popular places are the Buda Castle, Fisherman’s Bastion, the Castle of Vajdahunyad in the City Park, and the Museum of Kiscell (3rd district).
Sometimes there is a demand for traditional Hungarian programs (e.g. equestrian shows), but traditional local ruin pubs and panoramic places are much more popular. Danube boats are not among the target places for the wedding party, but reception parties often take place on their board.
