Varna top destination for tourists

More than 2.5 million tourists have traveled in Bulgaria since the beginning of the summer season, according to statistics from the Unified Tourist Information System (UIS).

The main share of them are Bulgarians, reaching over 1,680,900 for the period from May 1 to August 8. In the same period, foreign visitors were 887,629 thousand.

In the three summer months - May, June and July, tourists in the accommodation facilities are over 2.2 million, which is an increase of about 2.2 times compared to the same period in 2020. Nearly 1.5 million of them are Bulgarians.

Main travel destinations are Nessebar, Varna, Sofia, the spa resort Velingrad and others. Approximately 750 thousand are foreign tourists during these summer months.

Most of them are from the Romanian market - with 288 thousand tourists, followed by Poland - 74.7 thousand guests and Ukraine - 58.3 thousand. The Czech Republic and Germany rank after them, with 44 thousand and 43.8 thousand tourists, respectively. For the period from 1 to 31 July alone, more than 1,270,000 tourists spent the night in our country. Of these, 738,277 were Bulgarians, and the other markets are ranked as follows:

1. Romania - 222,966
2. Poland - 59 211
3. Czech Republic - 37 126
4. Germany - 34,461
5. Ukraine - 33 611
6. Israel - 14,490
7. France - 9,923
8. Turkey - 8,515
9. Russia - 7,360
10. USA - 5 338 11. Serbia - 4 448 12. Italy - 4 114 13. Great Britain - 3,808 14. Northern Macedonia - 3 385 15. Greece - 3 120

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