Index – National – Nearby hotels in Budapest and on Lake Balaton

Security measures caused by the pandemic have caused huge losses to commercial accommodations, and the year, which can be considered economically tragic, is far from over, as based on bookings for November and December, market participants cannot expect anything. good: read on vg.hu.

Due to the second wave of the coronavirus epidemic, neither the Christmas period nor the New Year period can be planned, it can only be expected that reservations for the festive period can start at the last minute.

Tamás Flesch, president of the Hungarian Hotel and Restaurant Association, told World Economy.

According to the president, tourism has essentially stopped, so due to a lack of reservations for the next few weeks and months, several hotels have closed again, not only in Budapest, but also on Lake Balaton. Furthermore, several restaurants in the capital are closing again, unable to make a living without foreign guests and unwilling or no longer able to finance expensive opening hours.

So far at least the big room price leak has been prevented, it makes no sense to cut prices

Tamás Flesch explained.

In addition, the expert called dangerous, with unpredictable consequences, that the unreasonably low price offers that Budapest and rural hotels are trying to cope with the shortage of guests have appeared at the end of the year. The opinion of the federal president is that there is only hope for the catering companies, since they have no hold for the employees and actors of the segment.