The tourist niches of Hungary as the scenes of interculturality
The tourist niches of Hungary as the scenes of interculturality

Summary/Abstract: Due to the continuous mobility of society, people are concentrated where the living conditions are able to fulfill their expectations. The world is full of niches in which living standards and living conditions make people happy and satisfied. These secure niches are in the focus of both migrants and tourists. As a consequence of the disappearance of state borders within the EU, it becomes more and more difficult to distinguish tourists from migrants. These two figures of international mobility often put on each other’s costume, so their real status is not established easily. It is the hypothesis of this paper that the new global tourists go on a journey searching not only for tourist experiences, but also with the aim of finding the new niches. Hungary has long been in the focus of international mobility. Year by year approximately 30–40 million foreign citizens cross the borders, among whom probably many people arrive to Hungary to find their niche. In the lack of periodical collection of data we can only assume that several visitors who first visit Hungary as tourists, after exploring the values of the country, decide to remain longer next time, perhaps over one year, and some of them may even purchase real estate here. Hungary is considered as the source of the welfare and well-being by many foreign citizens who prefer to visit a Central European country. In the paper we are focusing on the relationship of real estate purchase-oriented mobility and interculturality. We examine the nexus between international tourists, migrants and real estate purchasers arriving to Hungary and make an effort to explore the presence and specific activities of new tourists in Hungary.

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