Guest nights spent at commercial accommodations in Hungary fell 7.0pc to 913,000 in December 2009 from a year earlier, the Central Statistics Office (KSH) said on Monday. Foreign guest nights fell less, by 3.5pc to 441,000 in December and domestic guest nights fell 10.0pc.
The fall slowed from 10.7pc in December. Hungary guest nights has been down year-on-year each month since November 2008.
Guest nights in 2009 dropped 8.4pc from 2008 to 18.287m, including a 9.8pc fall in foreign guest nights to 9.029m. Guest nights fell 1.5pc in 2008.
The number of guests at commercial accomodations fell 5.9pc yr/yr, less than guest nights did, to 413,000 in December and fell 8.3pc to 7.013m in 2009.
Foreign guests numbered 186,000 in December 2009, 1.2pc less than their a year earlier, and their full-year number fell 9.7pc in 2009 compared to the previous year to 3.175m.
The average hotel occupancy rate was 30.4pc in December after 39pc in November. The average rate for 2009 was 43.0pc. The monthly rate dropped after reaching a 2009 peak at 58.3pc in August.
Gross revenue from accommodation dropped 9.0pc yr/yr at current prices to HUF 127.5bn in 2009.