Hungary recorded an increase of 19.1% in the number of foreign tourists arriving in the country in the first three quarters of 2015, compared with a 6.6% rise in the central and eastern European region and 5.1% in Europe as a whole, according to the World Tourism Barometer.

Slovakia finished second on the UNWTO’s top 50 list with 13.3%, and Ireland was third with 12.8% growth.

Hungary recorded 11 million visits of at least two days from foreign tourists in January-September last year. The tourists spent 95.6 billion forints (EUR 302.8m) in this period, 15.2% more than in the same period in 2014.

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