According to the Tourism Counsellor Bureau of Hungary, the Russians spent 379 thousand nights in the hotels of Hungary during the period from January to October 2011 (+16.7%).

The total number of the nights of the foreign tourists in Hungarian hotels during 10 months amounted to 7.3 million (+5.9%). The number of the tourists in Hungary during the period from January to October 2011 increased by 7.7% and amounted to 2.8 million people.

The indicator of the visits of spa and wellness hotels has been increasing constantly. The number of the nights in balneology hotels amounted to 879 thousand and 755 thousand nights in wellness hotels (+35.3%).

As for the Russians, they prefer western part of Hungary, such cities and resorts as Sopron, Sarvar, Buk, Zalakaros and others. The share of the nights of the Russians amounted to 6.9% of all the number of the nights during the period from January to October 2011. It allowed Russia to take the 4th place in number of the foreign tourists in this region. At the same time, Russia was the leader in the rates of the growth of the tourist flow and the duration of stay (7.9 nights).

It’s interesting to note, that Hungary is getting more and more popular not only for wellness resorts, but for MICE opportunities as well.