History of the tourism in
Hungary
Pannonia
B.C. 60 – A.D. 405
§ Built road system
§ Bath resort (warm springs in Aquincum)
§ Summer villas at lake Lacus Pelso
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5th-16th century
Mediaval period
§ Vivid trade between the East and the
West
§ Vivid diplomacy
§ Studies abroad
§ Renessaince culture
(Kings: Lewis (the Great), Sigismund,
Matthias)
§ Transportation:
ØMainly on rivers
ØNot well developed road system
§ Accommodation:
ØPrivate facilities
ØMonasteries
ØInns
§ Thermal bathes in Buda
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A revolutionary Hungarian invention § The coach/carriage from Kocs (13th century) 3
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16th-17th century
Under the Turks
§ Military area
§ Turkish buildings, institutions
18th-19th century
§ Emptied central part of the country after the turks
§ Development started:
Ø New cities connected with stage-coaches
Ø Regular ship transportation between Vienna and Buda
(1830)
Ø The Balaton is more popular (Hévíz, Füred - bathes)
Ø Regular fairs
Ø Railway: Pest-Vác (1846)
Ø First steamboat (Kisfaludy) on the Balaton (1846)
Ø South Railway: Buda-Trieste (1861)
Ø Hotels in Budapest and in the country
Ø Milleneum: 1896!!!
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Kisfaludy steam boat
First steam boat on the Danube
The first railways’ opening ceremony
20th century
§ First tour operator: 1902 (predecessor of
IBUSZ)
§ Until the 2nd war:
ØVivid civil life in Budapest: cafees, theatres, casinos ØDeveloping transportation: trams, cars
ØBig evenst
ØElegant hotels: Danube band, Lillafüred, Pécs
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13 hotels on the Danube band
Lillafüred :