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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
Rcashvoucherservice
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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Tourism and Caterin
g
Tourism and Caterin
g
Department
Department
Mr. Oliv
er FODOR
Mr. Oliv
er FODOR
Head of Sectio
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Head of Sectio
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Email:
Email: oliver
.fodor@
ngm.gov.h
u
Thank you for your attention!