In the first quarter of 2016, 550.2 thousands Bulgarian residents made tourist trips. The majority (83.5%) of them travelled only within the country, 14.0% - only abroad and 2.5% - both in the country and abroad. Compared to the same quarter of 2015 the total number of the travelled persons aged 15 and over decreased by 4.8%, as a reduction was observed in the number of the Bulgarian residents travelled in the country - by 5.0% as well as in the number of persons travelled abroad by 3.5%.
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