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The Budapest Tourism and Festival Center (BFTK) has issued a statement that this year’s Christmas market in Vörösmarty Square will be missed due to the expected peak of the coronavirus epidemic during the Advent period.
As they write, the coronavirus epidemic, according to preliminary estimates by health professionals and government statements, will peak in the Advent period, that is, at the end of November and December. This prognosis is supported by the trend in recent weeks of a record increase in morbidity and mortality. Therefore, also taking into account the guidelines of the capital’s operational tribe, it was decided that holding the fair would endanger the life, health or physical integrity of the participants. The big cities of neighboring countries are preparing for the increase in epidemiological data with a similar measure and will toughen the celebration of similar events, he added.
BFTK is also launching a campaign in which everyone will be encouraged to buy Hungarian applied arts products for Christmas, thus supporting artisans in a difficult situation due to the epidemic.
“BFTK supports Hungarian artisans in this difficult situation, so it is planning a campaign to help them, in the framework of which we ask the population to buy and donate artisan products also for the holidays this year,” said Csaba Faix , CEO of BFTK. “Most of the artisans who applied for the fair have a web shop where shoppers can choose their gifts online, thus supporting the Hungarian artisan and creative industry,” he added.
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