Borza Tibor (szerk.): A Magyar Kereskedelmi és Vendéglátóipari Múzeum évkönyve 1970 (Budapest, Magyar Kereskedelmi és Vendéglátóipari Múzeum, 1970)

Szántó Péter: Magyarország idegenforgalma 1815–1845 között

P. SZÁNTÓ TOURISM OF HUNGARY 1810—1845 At the beginning of the 19th century, especially after steamship and railway traffic had started, there was considerable tourism in Europe. Although Hungary had not been on the route of the "Grand tour", still the interest in the "fabulous east", and the social, scientific and cultural reforms carried out in the country contributed to the development of tourism in Hungary too. The bad roads, the backward social conditions and dependence on Austria appeared as retarding factors. By the introduction of steam navigation, however, foreign tourists had the possibility of relatively comfortable travelling. The hotels of Pest and Buda had met all requirements. According to John Paget the Hotel Palatinus was the best catering place of the empire. The city mostly visited by foreigners is Pest, the economic, cultural and political centre of the country. It was there that leaders made deliberate efforts to develop the townscape. The first detailed guidebooks also introduce Pest to foreigner's. The other regions of the country are relatively neglected, although people begin to discover Lake Balaton at that time. Bronyevszki, naval officer of the czar speaks of the lake in terms of highest praise. In the forties the medical bath of Balatonfüred attracts guests. The development of trade had attracted ever more foreign merchants to Hungary. The oriental trade of the fairs in Pest hit even the fancy of Andersen, the great Danish story-teller. Not only traders, scholars, artists and engineers, but also pilgrims came to Hungary. At the same time the type of traveller, gathering knowledge and experience hao appeared too. To develop tourism the first Hungarian pamphlet of tourism was published in London (in German language). The work of István Széchenyi, the English John Paget and Miss Paradoe respectively had mostly contributed to the development of Hungarian tourism. 191