Although the current crisis had an adverse impact on the number of foreign visitors to the Visegrad Four countries, the sector proved more resistant than expected, a senior Hungarian tourism official told reporters in Budapest on Thursday.
The Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia expect stagnation or even a slight increase in tourism this year, Miklos Kovacs said after a cooperation protocol was signed.
From 2005 to 2010, the four countries contributed 1.6 million euros in funding to common tourism programmes and promotion campaign.
The four nations launched cooperation under the motto “The European Quartet – One Melody” in 2004 to jointly promote Central Europe’s touristic offer in the overseas, including the United States, China, Japan and Russia.