It is Hungary's third most popular tourist attraction, after Lake Balaton and the Danube, and has a number of skiing pistes.

Kékestető is a resort place surrounding the summit, and is part of the town of Gyöngyös in Heves county.

[3] The Hungarian Carpathian Association [de] built a 20 m high wooden watchtower at east of the summit in 1889.

The Kékes luxury hotel, the meteorological station and the road to Mátraháza were built in 1934.

Since 1990, the former trade union resort was demolished, and a parking lot was created in its place.

For road bicycle racing enthusiasts, the mountain can be climbed by two main routes.