Trips of Bulgarian residents abroad and arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria - April 2026

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Trips of Bulgarian residents abroad and arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria - April 2026 - final data

In April 2026, the number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 848.8 thousand (Annex, Table 1), or 8.9% more than the registered in April 2025. An increase in the trips with all observed purposes was registered.

Most trips of Bulgarian residents were made to: Türkiye - 230.5 thousand, Greece - 170.2 thousand, Romania - 84.7 thousand, Serbia - 58.2 thousand, Republic of North Macedonia - 40.1 thousand, Germany - 39.6 thousand, Italy - 38.9 thousand, Austria - 27.3 thousand, France - 24.9 thousand, and Spain - 22.0 thousand.

The trips with other purposes formed the greatest share of the total number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad - 41.0%, followed by those with holiday and recreation purposes - 40.0%, and with professional purposes - 19.0%.

In April 2026, the number of visits of non-residents to Bulgaria was 795.8 thousand (Annex, Table 2), or 0.2% less in comparison with the same month of the previous year. A decrease by 2.8% was registered in the trips with other purposes and by 0.7% - in those with professional purposes, while those with holiday and recreation purposes increased by 3.5%. Transit passes through the country were 30.9% (246.0 thousand) of all visits of non-residents to Bulgaria.

The share of visits of ЕU citizens was 55.5% of the total number of non-residents‘ visits to Bulgaria and reached 441.3 thousand, the largest being by visitors from Romania - 41.2%, and Greece - 30.7%.

The visits of non-residents in the group ‘Other European countries’^[1] were 306.4 thousand, or 38.5% of all visits to Bulgaria. The highest registered number of visits was from Türkiye - 184.8 thousand, or 60.3% in this group.

^[1] The group ‘Other European countries’ includes countries in Europe outside the EU.

Most visits to Bulgaria were from: Türkiye - 184.8 thousand, Romania - 181.8 thousand, Greece - 135.4 thousand, Serbia - 50.8 thousand, Germany - 29.7 thousand, Republic of North Macedonia - 28.9 thousand, Ukraine - 25.0 thousand, Italy - 15.0 thousand, Poland - 14.0 thousand, and Spain - 10.7 thousand.

The predominant share of the visits was with other purposes - 48.3%, followed by trips with holiday and recreation purposes - 37.5%, and with professional purposes - 14.2%.

Annex

Table 1

Trips of Bulgarian residents abroad by purpose of visit and by country of destination in April 2026 - final data [1]
				(Number)
Country of destination	Total	Purpose of visit
		Holiday and recreation	Professional	Others[2]
Total	848 809	339 850	160 962	347 997
EU	483 174	241 771	112 325	129 078
Austria	27 281	8 730	8 354	10 197
Belgium	15 907	5 169	3 181	7 557
Croatia	4 329	3 404	476	449
Cyprus	525	291	75	159
Czechia	12 716	3 317	2 883	6 516
Denmark	3 210	1 605	406	1 199
Finland	515	343	172	-
France	24 866	18 097	3 909	2 860
Germany	39 587	23 751	5 431	10 405
Greece	170 249	93 108	38 132	39 009
Hungary	6 109	2 678	1 740	1 691
Ireland	1 235	643	386	206
Italy	38 899	22 908	2 822	13 169
Malta	1 287	1 170	117	-
Netherlands	9 614	2 990	1 732	4 892
Poland	9 328	2 481	2 598	4 249
Portugal	2 091	1 311	554	226
Romania	84 727	32 921	32 976	18 830
Slovakia	2 695	1 560	692	443
Slovenia	3 771	1 704	1 098	969
Spain	21 995	12 450	3 735	5 810
Sweden	1 374	759	458	157
Other countries from EU	864	381	398	85
Other European countries	348 408	89 577	44 707	214 124
Norway	466	311	155	-
Republic of North Macedonia	40 125	11 619	12 220	16 286
Russian Federation	258	47	125	86
Serbia	58 185	18 309	10 068	29 808
Switzerland	2 531	1 265	341	925
Turkiye	230 549	49 832	18 194	162 523
Ukraine	447	-	46	401
United Kingdom	15 847	8 194	3 558	4 095
Other countries	943	370	323	250
Canada	344	92	168	84
Israel	51	-	18	33
USA	548	278	137	133
Rest of the world	16 284	8 132	3 607	4 545
[1] In accordance with the current methodology.
[2] As guest and other purpose of visit are included in the column 'Others'.
‘-’ - no case registered.

Table 2

Arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria by purpose of visit and by country of origin in April 2026 - final data[1]
				(Number)
Country of origin	Total	Purpose of visit
		Holiday and recreation	Professional	Others[2]
Total	795 826	298 645	112 621	384 560
EU	441 306	168 759	72 395	200 152
Austria	8 202	2 610	1 398	4 194
Belgium	3 608	943	1 319	1 346
Croatia	3 171	1 559	821	791
Cyprus	2 813	1 135	563	1 115
Czechia	2 960	1 416	630	914
Denmark	1 752	779	389	584
Finland	558	418	140	-
France	8 501	3 700	1 808	2 993
Germany	29 740	13 711	5 339	10 690
Greece	135 369	53 956	15 910	65 503
Hungary	4 960	1 921	1 357	1 682
Ireland	2 600	1 290	390	920
Italy	14 997	8 451	2 617	3 929
Malta	367	229	138	-
Netherlands	7 147	1 799	2 724	2 624
Poland	13 991	4 495	4 051	5 445
Portugal	1 739	869	447	423
Romania	181 839	59 337	29 720	92 782
Slovakia	1 099	640	350	109
Slovenia	1 154	881	118	155
Spain	10 725	6 128	1 277	3 320
Sweden	1 932	1 166	353	413
Other countries from EU	2 082	1 326	536	220
Other European countries	306 371	115 065	33 178	158 128
Norway	556	279	174	103
Republic of North Macedonia	28 893	18 237	4 216	6 440
Russian Federation	3 040	954	252	1 834
Serbia	50 752	20 633	6 888	23 231
Switzerland	3 226	1 613	687	926
Turkiye	184 756	58 493	18 254	108 009
Ukraine	25 040	8 104	2 407	14 529
United Kingdom	10 108	6 752	300	3 056
Other countries	5 644	4 213	311	1 120
Canada	535	373	29	133
Israel	1 931	1 741	43	147
Japan	242	195	15	32
USA	2 936	1 904	224	808
Rest of the world	42 505	10 608	6 737	25 160
[1] In accordance with the current methodology.
[2] As guest, transit and other purpose of visit are included in the column 'Others'.
‘-’ - no case registered.

Detailed data can be found on the website of NSI at the sections:
Trips of Bulgarian residents abroad and arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria