I touched on this issue before and I guess this is one of those "watch and learn" situations. The Hungarians just acknowledged they have a problem - lack of a strategy for their tourism industry. Now they are in the phase of putting up a plan for solving the problem - defining their market, their capabilities and their goals. Sounds exactly how it should be done, also having in mind that the public was invited to bring in their take into the whole issue.

Also, on the other hand it should be notable that the tourism demand for destinations such as USA has decreased considerably in the light of the procedures that one has to go through for getting a visa. It is becoming a common trend these days in Central Eastern Europe just to avoid going to USA as people do not want to be humiliated to get a visa, and look for other destinations instead. Last week actually I heard a story about a Czech guy who won a trip through a TV contest and had to give it up due to the constraints a visa would have required.