Post on 10-Jan-2023
Report of Hungarian Tourism
Facts about the EU during 2011-2012
(All the information below applies to people form the European
Union)
Researching and planning a holiday
● Almost half (48%) of the people who went on holiday for at
least four nights in 2011 did for rest/recreation, while just
under a third (32%) took a holiday in order to spend time with
their family.
● When deciding whether to return to the same place for another
holiday, 50% of Europeans say the most important factor was the
location’s natural features, such as the weather, while 32%
cite the quality of accommodation.
● A majority (52%) of Europeans say that the recommendations of
friends, colleagues or relatives were key factors when making
decisions about travel plans.
● In terms of organising their 2012 holiday, a majority (53%) of
people made their arrangements via the internet.
The holiday experience
● A majority (56%) of EU travelers in 2011 holidayed in their own
country; over four out of 10 (44%) went to another EU country.
● Spain was the most visited EU country, followed by Italy and
France.
● Half (49%) of the people who took a holiday organise the
elements of their trip, such as transportation and the
accommodation, separately – far more than those who chose to go
on package holidays or all-inclusive trips.
● Over three quarters (78%) of people use a car or motorbike to
reach their holiday destination; just under half (46%) go by
airplane.
● Over 90% of European expressed satisfaction with the natural
features and the quality of accommodation at their holiday
location; but satisfaction is lower on the issues of the
welcome shown to tourists, the general level of prices, and the
activities on offer.
Reasons for not going on holiday in 2011-2012
● 45% of EU people who did not go on holiday in 2011 did not do
so for financial reasons.
● Nearly three quarters (73%) of people in the EU had planned to
go on holiday in 2012.
● Of these, 33% had changed their plans owing to the economic
situation, while 40% said their original plans remain
unchanged.
● The highest proportions of people planning to go away on
holiday in 2012 were in Denmark (89%) and Finland (89%). The
highest proportions of people saying they would not go away on
holiday to Turkey (45%), Portugal (40%) and Greece (35%).
Holidays planned for 2012
● 41% of Europeans said that they planned to take a holiday of
between four and 13 nights – more than the number of people
planning longer or shorter trips.
● A majority (52%) of people planned to spend their holidays in
their own country in 2012, while 37% intend to go on a holiday
in another EU country.
● 69% of people who said they went on holiday in their own
country in 2011 planned to do the same in 2012.
● 61% of those who holidayed in another EU country plan. And 54%
of people who went on a holiday in a country outside the EU
intend to do the same again in the next 3 years.
Almost half (48%) of the Europeans say that they go on holiday for
rest/recreation (including wellness/health treatment), while just
under a third (32%) take a holiday in order to spend time with their
family. Over a quarter (28%) of travelers say they usually go on
holiday for the sun or the beach, the same proportion (28%) saying
that they go to visit relatives or friends. For 18% of people nature
is the main reason for their holiday, a slightly lower proportion go
away for city trips (16%). And 14% of people take their holiday for
cultural or religious reasons, 10% going for sports-related
purposes, such as scuba-diving or cycling.
Rest/recreation is the reason for going on holiday cited by most
travelers in the EU. In 12 countries a majority of travelers say
that rest/recreation is one of their main reasons for taking a
holiday, with the highest proportions of people saying this
occurring in Cyprus (70%), Greece (65%) and Hungary (61%). For
people in Norway (41%), the sun or the beach was the most common
reason for going on holiday. Even more people in Portugal (47%) say
that they go on holiday for this reason.
The main reasons for the European people to go on a holiday:
Nations
Rest/recreation(includingWellness/healthtreatment)
Spendingtime withyour family
Sun/beach
Visiting friends/ relatives
Nature(mountain, lake,landscapeetc…)
City trips
Culture /religion
Sports-related(e.g. scuba-diving,cycling etc…)
EU27 48% 32% 28% 28% 18% 16% 14%10%
BE 44% 32% 23% 24% 22% 16% 22%13%
BG 35% 29% 27% 31% 18% 4% 5% 4%
CZ 55% 36% 25% 24% 32% 10% 15%18%
DK 28% 47% 28% 25% 24% 17% 18%14%
DE 52% 26% 26% 25% 23% 18% 21%15%
EE 32% 33% 23% 49% 22% 7% 18% 7%
IE 47% 34% 32% 30% 6% 12% 8%10%
EL 65% 30% 30% 30% 13% 9% 5%5%
ES 43% 30% 27% 31% 17% 16% 17%5%
FR 45% 38% 29% 36% 18% 19% 11%10%
IT 51% 21% 30% 22% 13% 19% 16%4%
CY 70% 21% 8% 27% 7% 4% 6%5%
LV 46% 21% 13% 46% 19% 21% 13%8%
LT 39% 25% 19% 31% 18% 25% 10%7%
LU 42% 35% 33% 26% 16% 16% 16%10%
HU 61% 32% 22% 26% 15% 18% 9%7%
MT 59% 25% 3% 16% 19% 12% 16%7%
NL 45% 36% 30% 26% 27% 16% 22%14%
AT 44% 26% 23% 26% 21% 23% 26%18%
PL 52% 37% 20% 28% 22% 21% 8%8%
PT 56% 39% 47% 31% 18% 9% 15%9%
RO 53% 32% 20% 32% 12% 9% 6%5%
SI 49% 36% 37% 18% 14% 19% 5%10%
SK 49% 28% 25% 26% 19% 11% 10%8%
FI 12% 39% 25% 35% 18% 26% 18%16%
SE 34% 38% 32% 39% 13% 13% 13%13%
UK 45% 38% 33% 28% 12% 11% 7%8%
HR 37% 30% 25% 38% 13% 10% 11%10%
TR 22% 25% 22% 41% 12% 11% 10%4%
MK 56% 25% 39% 20% 13% 2% 6%6%
IS 49% 27% 13% 33% 12% 18% 10%8%
NO 35% 40% 41% 29% 15% 19% 10%8%
RS 59% 24% 32% 26% 22% 4% 11%2%
IL 44% 42% 11% 21% 27% 12% 12%8%
What are the main reasons for going on a holiday in the terms ofages:
As we can see from the table the Sun/beach opportunities as a reason
for going on holiday is the most common between the of 25-39 and the
spending time with the family section is the other most common
between the age of 25-49 and 40-54. So according to this statistic
table.
The two most important factor for the Hungarian during his/her
holiday is the weather conditions and the quality of the
accomodation.
Here is a bigger table of the European countries about which of the
following make them go back to the same place for holiday:
Which of the following would make you go back to the same place for a
holiday
Nations The naturalfeatures(weatherconditions,landscape,etc.)
The quality oftheaccommodation
The generallevel of prices
How tourists arewelcomed ( e.g.child friendliness,customer care,"pets-welcomed"policy, etc...)
The activitiesoffered (variety andcomprehensiveness of the touristoffer)
EU27 50% 32% 27% 24% 17%
BE 48% 34% 25% 25% 14%
BG 50% 26% 30% 18% 9%
CZ 65% 36% 22% 26% 22%
DK 44% 33% 31% 30% 23%
DE 52% 36% 25% 23% 20%
EE 34% 12% 19% 12% 13%
IE 45% 43% 39% 28% 25%
EL 49% 31% 39% 17% 12%
ES 50% 35% 27% 20% 15%
FR 54% 23% 23% 27% 16%
IT 49% 20% 21% 22% 10%
CY 40% 25% 29% 15% 12%
LV 36% 24% 23% 23% 20%
LT 49% 24% 30% 17% 12%
LU 45% 36% 24% 25% 13%
HU 46% 28% 25% 21% 8%
MT 53% 17% 25% 23% 22%
NL 58% 41% 22% 19% 17%
AT 48% 36% 24% 28% 23%
PL 53% 29% 32% 27% 22%
PT 54% 40% 32% 29% 15%
RO 42% 32% 25% 21% 12%
SI 44% 33% 24% 28% 20%
SK 50% 33% 19% 19% 15%
FI 36% 31% 32% 23% 32%
SE 44% 33% 25% 25% 28%
UK 48% 48% 33% 28% 19%
HR 42% 29% 29% 19% 22%
TR 40% 30% 37% 19% 13%
MK 24% 20% 14% 19% 7%
IS 43% 20% 28% 25% 39%
NO 44% 37% 30% 21% 23%
RS 42% 31% 33% 7% 10%
IL 33% 31% 39% 23% 17%
In 2011, some EU respondents were asked to name the first and second
most important information sources, the recommendations of friends
and colleagues (58%) was the most common answer, followed by the
internet (45%), personal experience (29%), and travel/tourist
agencies (21%).
The most important factors for the Hungarians in decision making
about their holidays are the recommendations, and on the second
place the Internet.
As we can see the majority of European people prefer to arrange their holidays using the Internet. For the Hungarian people the mostcommon is also the web interface to arrange their holidays.
Minimum of 4 nights
Over a tenth of EU people (11%) who go on holiday say they visit
Spain. This is followed by Italy (9%), France (8%), Germany (5%),
Austria (5%), and Greece (4%).
Majority of travelers say that they go on holiday in their own
country. Go for a holiday domestically is most popular in Turkey,
where 91% of people stayed in their own country for their holiday,
followed by Greece (80%), Bulgaria (77%), Italy (74%) and Croatia
(73%). Domestic holidays is least common in Luxembourg (2%) and
Malta (5%). As we can see from the table above, for the Hungarians
the percentage of interest in the column of Greece is still a really
good percentage. In my opinion Greece is a very popular destination
for the Hungarian people.
Hungarians prefer the short-stay trips:
Due to the economic crisis Hungarian people don’t have the money to travel aborad or even to go for a holiday for more than 3-4 days in general.
In wich country do European people want to spend their holidays:
Hungarian interest of traveling to these countries has shown a
really low percent, but in the column of Greece with 6% is still the
best interest.
Hungary
In Hungary (2013) a little more passengers are booked a year in
advance of the holiday, as in past years. Experts agreed that the
market is moving, the pressure of the crisis is lower, and people
have been spent much more on vacations, holidays and recreation
these years. The statistics show that in general people prefer the
first minute rather than the last-minute discounts offered.
For the Hungarians this year Greece is the hit, especially the
cheaper bus trips - at between 100 to 240 Euros - but the flights
booked to Greece is increasing beautifully also. The Mediterranean
area is also popular after stagnation in recent years, and now
increased the demand towards Tunisia again.
The crisis had changed the travel habits:
Who had spent 1000-1500 Euros on a vacation during the previous
years, now they certainly try to spend only 500-700 Euros this year.
The demand exists, people really love to travel, there is a need for
relaxation, rejuvenation, but today they can only afford themselves
in more humble circumstances due to the crisis. It seems that Greece
is the most popular destination and the other favorite country is
Bulgaria for the Hungarians.
The Hungarians abroad travellings in 2012 (facts):
● In 2012, the Hungarian population made a total of 16.1 million
trips abroad, 3.0 % less than a year earlier. More than two-
thirds of these ( 69.8 % of , or 11.3 million trips) was a one
day travelling. Compared to 2011, the number of overnight trips
abroad by 0.3% and the multi-day foreign trips decreased by
8.5%.
● 47.9 % of all trips (7.7 million trips) happened because of
tourism motivations. The number of tourism motivated trips
decreased by 3.8%, compared to 2011 . The bulk of the one-day
trips occured of non-tourism purposes, but shopping, learning,
working and hiring.
● While the majority of multi-day trips (87.4 %) were driven by
tourism motivation. The tourism motivated abroad travelling was
4.3 million, which compared to 2011 is a 8.1 % decrease. The
travel motivated foreign travellings for only one day were
44.9% and the rest (55,1%) were the more than one day travels.
● In 2012 the main motivation of foreign tourism trips (one or
more days ) is to have a holiday (46.3% ), and visiting
relatives and/or friends (38.1 %). The third most frequently
mentioned reason is a business trip or an exhibition, a fair
(8.2% ). Hungarians travel abroad for healthcare and religious
reasons primarily for one day.
A significant decrease in time spent on trips abroad
● In 2012, the Hungarians total traveled days abroad were 43.9
million, 14.7 % less than a year earlier. The decrease is
mostly due to the reducing time (decreased by 18,8%) spent on
the multi-day trips abroad but the number of overnight trips
were less also.
● The hungarian population spent 30.9 million days abroad
beacause of tourism purposes, 8.7 % less than in 2011. The
multi-day travels decreased by 10%, while the one day trip
tourism grew by 2.1%.
● The average lenght of travel abroad was 2.7 days in 2012, it
was 3.1 in 2011.
● The average duration of travels because of religious purposes
was 1.5 days. The average duration of multi-day traveling
abroad because of tourism purposes is 6.4 days.
● The lenght of multi-day trips for the purposes of recreation
was 6.8 days in 2012. In 2011 that number was 15.0 days so this
is a huge reduction.
Financial part:
● 1,3 billion Euros spent on tourism motivated travels by the
Hungarian population in 2012.
● Hungarians spent a total of 1,7 billion Euros in their foreign
visits, 3.5% less than in 2011. Most of the money(74.9 %) was
spent on travels beacause of tourism purposes.
● The 1,3 billion Euros is a 0.5 % decrease compared to the
previous year.
● Overnight tourist trips amounted to 70,2 million Euros (+20,7%
growth compared to 2011). For multi-day hiking trips 1,2
billion billion HUF spent ( 94.6% of the trips abroad).
Compared to 2011, -1.5% has been spent.
● The largest proportion of spending on travel was for holiday
spending (760 million Euros) , it is 58,1% of the money spent
on trips abroad by Hungary.
● The visits of family and/or relatives was significant it was
260 million Euros , 19.9% of the spendings. The money spent on
business travel, exhibitions and fairs was 205 million Euros,
so 15,8%. During visits to cultural and sporting events 45,2
milion Euros ( 3.5%) has been spent by the Hungarians.
The Hungarian tourists most popular ( leisure and business)
destinations is Germany and
Austria. The top ten destinations to do with Romania , Croatia , the
Czech Republic, Slovakia ,
Serbia , Italy, France and Ukraine are included (shown in „Hungarian
tourists motivation” table below).
Hungarian travellings and the travel habits:
Crisis: This year one-fifth of the travelers stayed at home!
A screening of travelers demographic characteristics revealed that
the majority of regular travelers are more than 50 years old and
they have higher level of education, three-quarters of respondents
live in relationships. Two of three travelers have no children. Out
of four travelers, three live in the capital. The majority of the
travelers choose European destinations (94 %), the second in the
list of continents is Africa (12%). In the ranking of European
countries the Western European countries seem to loose of their
attractiveness, especially those that do not have beaches and not
summer vacation destinations. Among travelers turning more and more
popular Greece and Croatia as a holiday destination. The economic
crisis has somewhat affected the travel, those who spent their
vacation in a foreign country last year said that this year (2013)
they can only afford to go to holiday domestically. The time of the
holiday is reducing compared to previous years statistics, is
typically between 6-10 days and they only start to book 1-1.5 months
before they go.
The Hungarian traveler looking for travel information on the
Internet!
In terms of the travel habits we can say that the majority of
travelers like a hotel (37%) and apartments (34%). The beach holiday
is the most popular (70%), the cross-country trip is more popular
among the over-50s. In terms of the method for traveling, 51% of the
travelers prefer going on holiday by a car, 34% of them choosing the
plane and the number of choosing other form of public transport is
negligible. Families with children prefer the apartments and rather
use a car for travel. Travelers gather information about the
destination and travel procedures from multiple sources before
departure, 84% of them searching on the internet, 42% of them take
into account the recommendations of friends, while 34% use the
catalogs of tour operators as well. Of course, there is some overlap
between categories, as most of them using multiple sources to obtain
infomation. On Internet the leaders clearly the various search
engines after them the travel agency sites and portals and news
sites. Most of the travelers watching possible accommodations,
airfare, and discount rates on the Web.
Some more information:
The Greece trip numbers suffered a huge setback due to the crisis,
the statistics reliability is questionable (the Hungarians and / or
the Greeks defraud nearly sixty thousand capita somewhere in the
statistics). The Hungarians’ primary motivation for travel or
tourism is relaxing, In the Hungarian tourism the the word "price
sensitivity" is almost an integral part of the basic existence.
The primary motive for traveling to Greece is the leisure time.
Overall for the Hungarians who visit Greece for holiday the second
interest is the culture (the Greek way of life, visiting museums,
etc), the third is sightseeing, the religion is the fourth (for
example, Meteora and Mount Athos monastery) and the fifth is
gastronomy.
Which destination is chosen and why: The majority of people (about
85%) have a personal preference about why to chose beside a
destination. In the form of travel, the vast majority prefer calling
travel agency for help, 45% of people choose a bus trip, while
flying and going on holiday by an own car is only 20-20 %. Behind
these percentages are clearly economic reasons are hidden (in other
words, we like to choose what is cheaper).
85% of the Hungarian travelers spend their holiday nights in an
apartment, but half of the travelers prefer hotel-type apartment.
The returnees to Greece is an extremely large group, 60% are
typically looking up for new areas during their trips.
The days spent by the Hungarians in Greece are typically between 7
days and 10 days. ( Obviously, these travel agency offers greatly
influencing this number
In Greece, 85% of Hungarians traveling on holiday without travel
supplies and, they like to maintain themselves. It is interesting
that 30% of the travelers bring food supplies from Hungary to Greece
with themselves.
It is a great surprise that the vast majority of Hungarian people do
not detect difference between the Greek mainland and the Greek
island groups as a holiday destination. Nearly 50% of Hungarians
have no preference between island or mainland, and 30 % dont
perceive the difference between a Greek island or just a trip to
Halkidiki. 30% of Hungarians think that a holiday on a Greek island
is more expensive than a vacation on the mainland. All in all, it
had to be concluded from this that typically we do not consciously
feel the difference between Greek islands and the Greek mainland.
In 2013 the Hungarians were asked about where do they want to spend
their next holiday (they had to point a destination on the Greek
map) if they would have the money for it. The hit was in Halkidiki
(13%) , Western Greece and the Ionian Islands ( 16%). In the second
case, the islands have markedly increased in popularity like The
Cyclades, the Dodecanese and Crete, they took the 35% of the
responses and there was a high interest drop in land destinations
and the Ionian islands.
I made a conclusion about the difference in our minds between the
Greek islands and the Greek mainland. It is that to travel to the
Greek islands is more expensive (since it is necessary to travel by
plane), and which is more expensive and unattainable is more
appealing at the same time.
In my opinion the Hungarian is generally travels to Greece because
of having a restful seaside holiday, but it is foolish to say that
we are not interested in the Greek culture and the Greek life.
It also turned out for me that there is a huge difference between
Greek islands and the Greek islands, although the "average
Hungarian" couple think that the Greek Islands including only the
Ionian island, Crete and Rhodes and they don’t know anything about
the rest - the real Greek island world -.
Finally I can say that a large number of Hungarian travelers use
travel agents to travel to Greece and that the travel agencies have
an undeniable role undeniable role in, if these offices would not be
close to half of Greek destinations would fall out of sight.
Nothing to worry about:
Foreign tourists return to Greece. The first five months of this
year the tourism revenues rose by 15.5 percent.Tourism experts say
that this year (2013) will rise by 10 percent to EUR 11 billion in
tourism revenues.
There was a drop in last year tourism because many people avoid the
country because of the fear that Greece will be eliminated from the
euro area, and because of the crisis and riots break out.
The increasing number of foreign tourists is reflected in the Greek
balance of payments as well. In May, 35.5 million euros showed a
surplus of the current account, while a year earlier the deficit of
EURO was 1.228 billion.
Travel agencies:
List of Hungarian travel agencies:
http://utazasiiroda.lap.hu
Hungarian travelagencies who offertours to Benitses
http://www.telen-nyaron.hu http://utazom.com http://medicitravel.hu
http://www.utazas-ajanlat.hu
http://www.broadwayholiday.hu
http://www.firsttravel.hu
http://www.utazasiiroda.hu
http://www.utazasiportal.hu
http://www.adria-utazas.hu
http://www.glarustours.hu http://www.invia.hu
http://www.egzotikusnyaralas.
hu
http://utazas-gorogorszag.indulhatu
nk.hu
http://www.goldenglobetravel.hu
http://www.vilaglato.hu
http://www.nagyutazas.hu http://www.bravotravel.hu http://
www.vilagutazo.com
http://www.interfocus.hu
http://www.budapestsummertime.hu
http://www.skytravel.hu
http://www.ttstravel.hu http://www.egertravel.eu http://www.utazunk.hu
http://www.online-szallas.comhttp://
www.theotours.hu
http://www.nyaralnimegyek.hu
http://www.millenniumutazas.h
u
http://www.lastminuteutak.hu http://www.airplus.hu http://ibusz.hu
Hungarian travelagencies who offer
tours to CorfuIsland:
http://www.tui.hu http://www.telen-nyaron.hu http://www.ruefa.hu
http://www.hurra-nyaralunk.hu
http://last-minute.invia.hu http://ibusz.hu
http://www.diaszeustravel.hu
http://medicitravel.hu http://www.hunwest.hu
http://www.travellike.hu
http://www.jimakostours.hu http://www.blaguss.hu
http://www.firsttravel.hu
http://www.utazasiiroda.hu http://www.mortons.hu
http://vista.hu http://www.blueskytravel.hu
http://www.goldenway.hu
http://www.civistours.hu
Hungarian travelagencies who offertipically bus toursto Corfu Island:
http://www.neckermann.hu
http://www.grandtours.hu
http://www.utazas.info
http://gorog-nyar.hu http://www.ttstravel.hu
http://www.abctravel.hu