The number of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria decreased 8% from a year earlier to 287.9 thousands in March of 2021, the least since February 2020 as travel restrictions due to Covid-19 eased. source: National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria

Tourist Arrivals in Bulgaria averaged 829913.08 Persons from 1991 until 2021, reaching an all time high of 3531567 Persons in December of 2003 and a record low of 81153 Persons in April of 2020. This page provides - Bulgaria Tourist Arrivals - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Bulgaria Tourist Arrivals - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2021.

Tourist Arrivals in Bulgaria is expected to be 420000.00 Persons by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Tourist Arrivals in Bulgaria to stand at 490000.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Bulgaria Tourist Arrivals is projected to trend around 550000.00 Persons in 2022, according to our econometric models.

Ok
Trading Economics members can view, download and compare data from nearly 200 countries, including more than 20 million economic indicators, exchange rates, government bond yields, stock indexes and commodity prices.

The Trading Economics Application Programming Interface (API) provides direct access to our data. It allows API clients to download millions of rows of historical data, to query our real-time economic calendar, subscribe to updates and receive quotes for currencies, commodities, stocks and bonds.

API Features Documentation Interested? Click here to contact us
Please Paste this Code in your Website
width
height
 Preview
Bulgaria Tourist Arrivals

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
287900.00 240866.00 3531567.00 81153.00 1991 - 2021 Persons Monthly
NSA


Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2021-01-28 09:00 AM Dec -63.3% -53.5%
2021-02-26 09:00 AM Jan -60.0% -63.3%
2021-03-29 08:00 AM Feb -52.6% -60.0%
2021-04-27 08:00 AM Mar -8% -52.6%
Go to our Calendar for more events. Or learn more about the Calendar API for direct access.


News Stream
Bulgaria Tourist Arrivals Fall 67.9% YoY in August
The number of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria slumped 67.9 percent from a year earlier to 747.1 thousand in August of 2020, amid the ongoing pandemic crisis. Declines were seen in the trips with all observed purposes, namely holiday & recreation (-81.6 percent); professional (-60.6 percent) and others including as guest and passing transit (-47.6 percent). The number of visitors from the EU went down 67.4 percent and accounted to 63.1 percent of the total.
2020-09-29
Bulgaria Tourist Arrivals Slump 66.1% YoY in July
The number of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria declined 66.1 percent from a year earlier to 705.6 thousand in July of 2020, amid the continuing epidemic situation in the country. Declines were seen in the trips with all observed purposes, namely holiday & recreation (-85.6 percent); professional (-54.6 percent) and others including as guest and passing transit (-39.1 percent). The number of visitors from the EU went down 62.7 percent and accounted to 66.2 percent of the total.
2020-08-27
Bulgaria Foreign Tourist Arrivals Drop 75.2% YoY in June
The number of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria fell 75.2 percent from a year earlier to 380.7 thousand in June of 2020, due to lower trips with all observed purposes: holiday & recreation (-94.6 percent); professional (-76.1 percent); and other purposes, including guest and passing transit (-47.9 percent). Visitors declined from Romania (-59.6 percent); Turkey (-49.1 percent); Serbia (-9.4 percent); Greece (-74.9 percent) and Germany (-77.9 percent).
2020-07-28