December 2, 2009
Ecostat's latest Tourism Barometer, a measure of sentiment in Hungary's tourism industry, rose 2.6 pct points to 35.5 pct in the second half, but still stood 0.4 pct points below the level of the second half of last year.
Hungarian households plan to spend less on their summer vacations than in the past six months. Hotel companies are the most optimistic, they continue to have no major lay-off plans, but their investment plans are modest. Among hotel companies, 40 pct expect to see a rise in the number of domestic guests and 20 pct project an increase in the number of foreign guests.
