Parliament to vote on new accommodation rating system
All tourist accommodation in Hungary will be classified from one to five stars on the basis of uniform criteria, the CEO of the Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTU) said on Saturday, outlining a bill being submitted to parliament.
The capital with the eye of an expat
BBQ at the Kis-Balaton
With the advent of the summer sun, the annual exodus from Budapest is in the offing. Visitors to the city during July and August are often surprised at how empty it is of Hungarians. While Parisians head to the coast and Milanese head for ...
Austria lists Hungary as low-incidence country
Austria has listed Hungary among the countries with a low incidence of coronavirus infections, the operative body responsible for handling the epidemic in Hungary said on Wednesday.
Tourism agency: Mandatory registration of hospitality venues to ‘enable data-based management’
Hungarian hospitality services and tourist attractions will have to register with the national tourism registry by the end of this year, Zoltan Guller, the head of the Hungarian Tourism Agency, told business daily Vilaggazdasag, explaining that the registry would enable data-based management of the ...
Travel after the pandemic #3: Vienna
Home to Mozart, Harry Lime and emperors
Splendid building after splendid building in the imposing ex-imperial city of Vienna has rows of statues of men standing along the roof edges. They look like potential suicides about to plunge into the cobblestone streets below. But who would want to commit suicide in ...
Travel after the pandemic #2: Bratislava, Slovakia
Bratislava blues a little more promising now
The enticing motto “Bratislava, the 72 Hour City”, as newly devised by the Bratislava Tourist Board, not only offers a warm welcome to this alluring river city but also suggests much to see and do in the three-day time frame. My response to this ...
Hungary reaches deal with Czechia on unrestricted travel for inoculated
Hungary has reached an agreement with the Czech Republic on unrestricted cross-border travel for each other's nationals who have been inoculated against the coronavirus, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto said early on Friday.
Szijjarto in talks on unimpeded travel for inoculated Czech, Hungarian citizens
Foreign ministry official: WHO confirms Sinopharm protects elderly against Covid-19
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed that China's Sinopharm vaccine is effective also in protecting the elderly against Covid-19, a foreign ministry official said on Tuesday. In the meantime Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto held talks with his Czech counterpart, Jakub Kulhanek, on unimpeded ...
Guest nights fall 69.7 percent in March
The number of guest nights at commercial accommodations in Hungary fell by an annual 69.7 percent to 224,000 in March due to pandemic restrictions, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Tuesday.
Home of Leonard Cohen and his ’muse’ Marianne
Travel after the pandemic #1: Hydra, Greece
On the rear sleeve of Leonard Cohen’s second album “Songs From a Room”, released in 1969, is a young lady sitting at a typewriter in a stark room, barely furnished with plain plastered stone walls and old wooden shutters. This was the 200-year-old house ...
