Lockdown causes Hungarian tourism to plunge in March
Guest nights at commercial accommodations in Hungary dropped by an annual 64.6 percent to 697,000 in March because of a lockdown to contain the spread of novel coronavirus, data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Thursday show.
The number of guest nights spent by foreign visitors declined by 68.1 percent to 316,000. The number spent by domestic travellers fell by 61.0 percent to 381,000.
Hungary closed its borders to foreign travellers, with some exceptions, from March 17.
Revenue of commercial accommodations slipped 59.7 percent to 14 billion forints (EUR 40m) during the period.
In January-March, guest nights dropped by 18.7 percent to 4,149,000 as the number of guest nights spent by foreigners fell by 17.7 percent to 2,120,000 and the number of guest nights spent by domestic tourists was down 19.7 percent at 2,029,000. Revenue of commercial accommodations fell by 11.4 percent to 82 billion forints.
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