Tourism is one of the top priorities of the current government. The Hungarian Tourism Agency disposes of sizeable funds with which investments into accommodations ranging from luxury hotels to rural tourism are subsidised. High level sports events like the 2017 World Aquatics Championships or UEFA Euro 2020, and events like the International Eucharistic Concerts and a Hunting and Nature Exhibition (both in 2021) absorbed billions of forints. Regarding cultural tourism, in the National Tourism Development Strategy 2030, adopted in 2017 and amended in 2023, cultural tourism is positioned behind gastronomy, health, business and religion. Until 2020 – before the capital was taken over by the opposition – the Budapest Spring and Autumn Festivals had a separate line in the central budget. Today they are replaced by the government-organised Bartók Days in spring and the Liszt Festival in autumn.
Next to one-dimension festivals of rock, classical music, or theatre, events that combine all these and more (films, circus, literature, debates etc.) and offer an environment of popular festivities are a valuable feature of the Hungarian festival scene – catering for domestic tourists in majority.
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