"Hungary is organizing Europe's grandest fireworks show this year on August 20, which will also be one of the largest fireworks extravaganzas in the world," Zoltan Kovacs, state secretary for international communications and relations, announced at the press conference on the celebrations marking the founding of the country and the feast of Hungary's first king St Stephen of the Arpad house. The state secretary stressed that the operational team responsible for the security of the event had already begun its work back in June, but that many thousands of other staff members would also be helping to ensure the safety of Hungarians.
If the weather does not cooperate, organizers will not take any risks, as the safety of the Hungarian people is a top priority, and they have both the technological requirements and the personnel to ensure this,
the state secretary underlined.

Record visitor numbers expected
St Stephen's Day is one of the most important events in Hungary in terms of interest and participation numbers, the politician said, because August 20 is not only the country's birthday, but has grown into a series of festivals and events that reflects on the circumstances of the past 14 years.
"There is every hope that the 2019 attendance record will be broken, as this year's numbers are expected to surpass the turnout for the last pre-Covid August 20 celebrations,"
he said.
According to Zoltan Kovacs, the pull of primarily Budapest and Lake Balaton has resulted in never before seen domestic holiday makers and foreign tourists visiting Hungary to the fact that never before have so many Hungarians been on holiday and never before have so many foreign tourists visited Hungary. Those who come to our country know that they can expect hospitality and high quality, with events that would be worthy of a visit anywhere in the world. He also stressed that quality programs had been organized with a special focus on Hungarians and foreigners arriving from abroad, many of whom had booked their accommodation for the public holiday years in advance. Hundreds of program elements will be held in 19 locations, he added.