Budapest was chosen the second best city of the world by the readers of an US travel magazine. The Hungarian capital was only taken over by the Mexican city San Miguel de Allende. The tourists visiting Budapest are most impressed by the city’s famous buildings, the entertainment opportunities and the fine foods.According to the recently published list of US travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler Budapest is the second best city of the world after the Mexican San Miguel de Allende – the Hungarian capital had a tie for the second place with the Italian Florence. The magazine made their list of 25 cities according to the votes of 1.3 million readers of theirs. The owners of the first two places are followed by the Austrian Salzburg, Vienna, Rome, the Italian Siena and the Canadian Québec. Such popular travel destinations like Paris or Barcelona could only get the 22nd and the 24th place.
The Tourists are Impressed by Budapest’s Famous Buildings
Foreign tourists mainly like Budapest, because it has a special atmosphere, not like any other European capitals’. They are impressed by its famous old buildings, the great numbers of monuments, the delicious foods and the wide range of entertainment opportunities. According to one of the world’s biggest travel site Tripadvisor Budapest has one of the best price/value rates besides Sofia and Warsaw. Previously Austrian statistic office Statistik Austria made a similar survey, too. According to its results the tourists can purchase 77 percent more touristic services in Hungary than in Austria. On this list Hungary was taken over only by Bulgaria and Romania.
Foreign Guests Spent More than 11 Million Nights Here
Usually it’s very different how the locals and the tourist see Budapest. According to the opinion of French travel book writer Helene Bienvenu the locals in Budapest often only recognize the bad side of their hometown, but the tourists concentrating on the beautiful things fall in love with the city instantly. They like the monumental statues on Hősök tere (Heroes’ Square), the view they can enjoy from the Citadel, the Budapest Castle Hill Funicular or the Christmas fair on Vörösmarty tér. According to the data of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office the number of the nights tourists spent in Hungary increased by 8.5 percent to 11.3 million last year. Most of them travelled to the Budapest–Central-Danube Region, the number of the tourists here was 81.7 percent.
Sources:
hvg.huwww.168ora.huwww.mr1-kossuth.hu
