Holiday4All - Oliver Fodor, Hungary - Presentation

SzRC - a Good Practice from Hungary and Calypso Project - OFF2013

Holiday4All Workshop - Belgrade 11 September 2013Mr Oliver FODOR

Tourism and Catering DepartmentHead of Section

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Contents

• Public Administration of Tourism in Hungary• Importance of Being Open to Social Tourism• Good Practice of SzRC – a New Initiative for

Boosting Domestic Tourism• Role of the MNE in CALYPSO-OFF2013 Project

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Activities of the Tourism and Catering Department

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Importance of Being Open to Social Tourism I.

• Social tourism benefits everyone– Beneficiary tourists: improvement of quality of life

– Businesses: growth in revenues, better use of infrastructure and staff

– Local people: more jobs, off-season

jobs

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• To encourage that the broadest possible parts of the society share the benefits of tourism

• Great opportunities in the increasing number of European senior tourists

• Possibility for less-known, small or emerging destinations

• Encouraging the extension of the tourist season

• Increasing revenues from tourism

• Compliance with the objectives of the European Commission

Importance of Being Open to Social Tourism II.

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Good Practice from Hungary – Szechenyi Recreation Card (SzRC)

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What is SzRC?• SzRC is a type of fringe benefit which can be used for

purchasing tourism-related domestic services.• The Hungarian state encourages the employers to give non-

wage benefits as they can be provided to the employees under more favourable taxation conditions than salaries.

• A net wage of 100 forints costs now 196 forints to the employers, while a net fringe benefit of 100 forints costs only 135.7 forints to them.

• The fringe benefit system can provide additional resources to important social and economic policy objectives, as all the benefits are earmarked.

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Paper based voucher

Only one issuer

High commission (10-12%)

Bureaucratic administrative processes

Not well defined use

Secondary market

Unregulated market

Modern plastic card

Liberalised market

Relatively low commission (1,5%)

Less administration

Targeted use

Transparent

Detailed regulation (law and government decree)

The Previous System (Holiday Voucher) and SzRC

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One Plastic Card with Three Sub-Accounts

Accommodation

EUR 750

CateringEUR 500

LeisureEUR 250

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Accommodation

sub-account

Cateringsub-account

Leisuresub-account

All types of accommodation services

Spa and thermal bath tickets

Domestic travel package

Restaurants and canteens

Cultural services: e.g. festival,

concert, theatre, museum ticketsSport services: fitness center,

swimming pool, ski resort ticket, rental of sports

equipmentAmusement park and zoo ticketsCertain types of

health care services

etc.

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The System of SzRC andIt’s Results Until 31 July 2013

EMPLOYER

ISSUER

EMPLOYEE

SERVICE PROVIDE

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Employers: 21 897

Employees: 858 114

Service providers: 49 049

Amount transferred to SzRC Cards in 2013: 153 m EUR

Amount spent from SzRC Cards in 2013: 129 m EUR

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OFF2013A Hungarian – Polish Partnership under Calypso

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Role of the Ministry for National Economy in CALYPSO – OFF2013

• Governmental partner of HNRF

• Professional contribution to the success of the project

• Encouraging public-private cooperation

• Promoting the participation of DMO-s, local governments

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Purposes of the Ministry’s Participation in CALYPSO – OFF2013

• Strengthen international relations

• To provide an opportunity for all Hungarian destinations

• To assist in the realization and sustainability of the project (study join to STEEP/create other reservation site develop tourist flow between Hungary and Poland)

• To provide best practice for further projects on social tourism

• The most effective use of EU funds

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Mr. Oliv

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Email:

Email: oliver

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Thank you for your attention!