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In November 2014, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 270.8 thousand or by 10.5% above the registered in November 2013. The trips with other purposes (as a guest, education and visit the cultural and sport events) in November 2014 composed the greatest share of the total number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad - 43.0%, followed by the trips with holiday and recreation purposes - 32.3%, and with professional purpose - 24.7%.

In November 2014, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 433.2 thousands or by 4.1% above the level of November 2013. An increase was registered in the trips with professional purpose and with other purposes 34.6% and 6.8% respectively, while the trips with holiday and recreation purpose decreased by 14.0%. 

The National Statistical Institute presents results from annual surveys in the domain of environmental statistics for 2013. Detailed data by particular topics are placed under the heading "Environment" on the NSI web site: https://www.nsi.bg

Preliminary data of the NSI for the third quarter of 2014 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 3.2% compared to the third quarter of 2013. 

According to first estimate on economic accounts for agriculture of the National Statistical Institute, prepared as of November 2014, the real income index (income at factor cost) in agriculture decreased by 10.7% as compared with 2013. In 2013 compared to 2012 the decrease is insignificant by 0.3%.

Consumption per capita varied between 49% and 136% of the EU28 average.

In 2014 56.7% of households in Bulgaria had access to the internet at home, which was a growth of 3.0 percentage point, compared to the previous year. There was also a growth of 2.5 percentage points of the individuals aged 16 - 74 years who used the internet every day or at least once per week and 21.3% of them used cloud services to store or share files on the internet.

In 2014, the relative share of enterprises having internet access reached 91.4%, or with 2.3 percentage points more in comparison with the previous year. Information and communication technologies were most widely used by the largest enterprises (250 or more persons employed), 99.5% of them had an internet access, while in small enterprises (10 - 49 persons employed) this relative share was 89.9%. More than half of the enterprises with internet access (53.7%) maintained their own webpage or website.

In October 2014, 1 935 accommodation establishments - hotels, motels, camping sites, mountain chalets and other establishments for short-term accommodation with more than 10 bed places were functioned in the country. The total number of the rooms in them was 69.5 thousands and the bed-places were 143.6 thousands. In comparison with October 2013 the total number of accommodation establishments (functioned during the period) increased by 1.9% and the bed-places in them - by 3.5%.

The total number of the nights spent in all accommodation establishments registered in October 2014 was 702.1 thousands or by 2.2% less in comparison with the same month of the previous year. The total revenues from nights spent in October 2014 reached 34.5 million BGN or by 3.7% more compared to October 2013.