Economy of Hungary 2008. The most visited region is Budapest, the Hungarian capital attracted 3,61 million visitors in 2008. Hungary was the world's 24th most visited country in 2011. The Hungarian spa culture is world-famous, with thermal baths of all sorts and over 50 spa hotels located in many towns, each of which offer the opportunity of a pleasant, relaxing holiday and a wide range of quality medical and beauty treatments. The currency of Hungary is the Hungarian forint (HUF, Ft) since 1 August 1946. A forint consists of 100 fillérs; however, since these have not been in circulation since 1999, they are
Counties of Hungary (before 1920) Counties of Hungary (before 1920) A county (Hungarian: vármegye or megye; for the various names, their origin and use see here) is the name of a type of administrative unit in the Kingdom of Hungary and in Hungary from the 10th century until the present day. This article deals with only the period before the Treaty of Trianon of 1920. For lists of the individual counties, see Administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Hungary. For counties of Hungary since 1950, see Counties of Hungary. The Latin word "comitatus" is derived from the word "comes", which originally stood for companion or