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Why did tourism become the stepchild of the new Tisza government?
Since the new government took office, we have seen personnel decisions, structural changes, strategic announcements and policy priorities in many areas. Healthcare, education, public administration, EU funds, economic policy and transport are regularly featured in government communication.
Pakuts Tamás
12 hours ago4 min read


Could the G7 inadvertently interfere in the Swiss immigration referendum?
The outcome of the referendum will likely not be decided by the G7. But the coincidence of the two events has created a rare political moment. While world leaders are debating the future of globalization in Évian, Swiss voters will decide this weekend how long one of Europe’s most successful globalized countries will remain open.
Pakuts Tamás
12 hours ago7 min read


Geneva under siege? They talk about sustainability while a city builds defences against itself
Closed streets, boarded-up shop windows, extraordinary security measures and hundreds of temporary workers. Are the economic and diplomatic benefits of the G7 summit really proportional to the social, environmental and economic costs borne by the local community?
Pakuts Tamás
4 days ago4 min read


The aggressiveness of low-cost carriers – Europe has walked into a capacity trap of its own making
While airlines keep expanding capacity, regional aviation, connectivity, and in many cases the long-term sustainability of tourism itself are increasingly at risk.
Pakuts Tamás
Jun 410 min read


The Champions League final: when a football match becomes a test for an entire city
The UEFA Champions League final held in Budapest on 30 May 2026 once again demonstrated that the successful delivery of a global sporting event neither begins nor ends at the stadium gates. The real achievement is measured by the coordinated performance of an entire city — and, in many respects, an entire country.
Pakuts Tamás
May 317 min read


Hungary’s public transport system is one of the country’s greatest yet still untapped tourism and economic assets
Hungary’s tourism challenge is not a lack of attractions. The country still possesses enormous — and in many areas still underutilized — opportunities, along with more than sufficient tourism potential. The real question is whether Hungary is willing and able to learn from its neighbors, follow and adapt successful international examples, and finally catch up in terms of integrated tourism thinking, because the future of tourism is becoming less and less about a single hote
Pakuts Tamás
May 2112 min read


Active Tourism: the greatest missed opportunity of Hungarian tourism strategy — or an alternative deliberately marginalized by the NER (System of National Cooperation)?
The real question is no longer whether active tourism is necessary, but whether Hungary will be capable of moving beyond the centralized, investment-driven tourism policy model that has emerged over the past years.
In the long run, the key issue is not how many new luxury hotels are built, but how sustainable, livable, and economically balanced Hungarian tourism will become.
Pakuts Tamás
May 186 min read


National Tourism Development Strategy 2030 – A Strategic shift or the fine-tuning of an established model?
A magyar turizmus előtt álló legfontosabb kérdés ma már nem az, hogy hány új szálloda épül még, hanem az, hogy képesek leszünk-e valódi, fenntartható és integrált desztinációként működni.
A Nemzeti Turizmusfejlesztési Stratégia 2030 kapcsán írt elemzésemben a Budapest–Balaton–gyógyturizmus tengely, a szezonális működés problémái, a munkaerőhelyzet, a közlekedési infrastruktúra hiányosságai, valamint a luxusturizmus és a regionális fejlesztés közötti egyensúly kérdéseit vizsg
Pakuts Tamás
May 86 min read


These are the moments of rebirth: szalloda.blog is back after 5 years enforced pause
In 2020, szalloda.blog was launched. They were both turbulent and quiet times at once. Today, the consequences of COVID have almost faded into the background, but at the time they severely shook tourism, hospitality, the hotel industry, and all related services. There was a clear need for professional dialogue, for mutual support, and for encouragement. This is the intention with which we started. By the summer of 2021, this initiative had become a genuine professional platfo
Pakuts Tamás
Apr 302 min read


Tourism is not a side industry.It is national strategy: Every 7th Forint starts here.
A turizmus nem csak egy mellékes iparág: minden 7. forint kötődik a szektorhoz
Pakuts Tamás
Apr 292 min read
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