Rural Destinations Gaining in Popularity among Foreign Tourists

Tourists in Tihany, on the northern shores of Lake Balaton.

Over three million foreign visitors came to Hungary in the summer months, 14 percent more than in the same period last year, Visit Hungary, a subsidiary of the Hungarian Tourism Agency, told MTI.

Foreign guests spent almost eight million nights in Hungary from June-August, an increase of almost six percent year-on-year.

After the Germans, citizens of the Visegrád 4 (Poland, Slovakia, Czechia, Hungary) countries and the British contributed the most to the record…