Budapest guest of honour in Berlin
On 26 August, Budapest was guest of honour at the hugely successful Berlin Museum Night. In the Berlin City Hall (Rotes Rathaus), Hungarian service providers presented their Budapest offer along with a taste of the city one day prior to the main event.

Increasing number of Swedes visit Hungary
In the first half of 2006, the number of Swedes travelling to Budapest from the airports of Stockholm, Malmö and Göteborg grew by 26% - according to statistics from LFV, operator of the Swedish national airports. Between January-June, more than 46,000 departed for Budapest, while fewer than 36,000 tourists travelled to Prague, and Budapest jumped two positions to 19th on the list of the Scandinavian nation's most popular destinations. The actual number of travellers to Budapest is higher than this, as these statistics exclude passenger traffic via Stockholm-Skavsta airport, from where Wizz Air operates scheduled flights to Budapest.

Half-priced tastes of the South

Following the success of Pigging out Thursday and the Pécs Gastronomy with Music programme, the Southern Transdanubia Regional Directorate of the HNTO is organising a new campaign called "The Tastes of the South". Between 1 September and 31 December, restaurants, cellars and farmers offer at least one specific product for half price, on certain days, with the aim of giving an insight into the regional gastronomy. Anyone can join the campaign, and participants are free to decide what to promote and on which days.