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The Russian-Ukrainian war is taking its toll on Hungarian tourism
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Hungarian tourism is struggling, with a fifth of bookings cancelled in March and April.
Cancelled reservations
As we can read in Index’s article, although many foreign tourists in Budapest are not afraid of the war, data shows that not only Russian and Ukrainian tourists cancel their reservations anymore.
According to Judit Lázár, president of Hungarian Inbound Professionals’ Association, 20% of bookings in Hungary in March were cancelled by foreign guests citing the war. These were mainly business trips. Tourists are holding off on April trips, but many are already postponing their bookings, which were previously fixed for spring. This figure does not include cancelled bookings by Russian and Ukrainian tourists.
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Foreigners on visiting Hungary
An Italian told RTL Klub news that he was sad about what was happening in Ukraine but thought he could come to Hungary “because the events of the war are not so close”. A British man asked his Hungarian friends about the situation. He was told by people he knew who lived near the border that they were safe in Hungary and, therefore, he was not worried.