BUDAPEST, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Hungary's tourism sector generated 10.2 percent of its gross domestic product in 2025, including indirect and induced effects, according to a report released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Tuesday.
Presenting the report, KSH Deputy President Tamas Toth said tourism remained the largest contributor to Hungary's surplus in trade in services, generating a surplus of 1.75 trillion forints (about 5 billion U.S. dollars) last year.
The sector also accounted for around one-tenth of total employment, providing livelihoods for some 420,000 people, he added.
KSH department head Eszter Nemeth said tourism activity continued to expand in 2025, driven primarily by stronger foreign demand. The number of international visitors increased by 4.4 percent year on year, while their average length of stay rose by 15 percent and spending increased by 12 percent.
Although overall tourism volume remained below the record level seen before the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019, it had nearly recovered by 2025, Nemeth said.
Among overnight visitors, arrivals from Austria, the United Kingdom, Israel and the United States recorded the strongest growth, while the number of Polish and Czech guests declined.
The report also showed that Hungarians made three times as many domestic trips as foreign ones, but spent on average four times more when traveling abroad. ■
