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

In May 2026, the number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 959.4 thousand (Annex, Table 1), or 9.2% more than the registered in May 2025. An increase in the trips with all observed purposes was registered.

Most trips of Bulgarian residents were made to: Türkiye - 253.2 thousand, Greece - 221.1 thousand, Romania - 87.6 thousand, Serbia - 60.2 thousand, Germany - 50.3 thousand.

The trips with holiday and recreation purposes formed the greatest share of the total number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad - 43.4%, followed by those with other purposes - 39.2%, and with professional purposes - 17.4%.

In May 2026, the number of visits of non-residents to Bulgaria was 1 041.3 thousand (Annex, Table 2), or 4.4% more in comparison with the same month of the previous year. An increase in the trips with all observed purposes was registered. Transit passes through the country were 30.5% (317.6 thousand) of all visits of non-residents to Bulgaria.

The share of visits of ЕU citizens was 60.0% of the total number of non-residents‘ visits to Bulgaria and reached 624.6 thousand, the largest being by visitors from Romania - 41.1%, and Greece - 23.7%.

The visits of non-residents in the group ‘Other European countries’^[1] were 354.7 thousand, or 34.1% of all visits to Bulgaria. The highest registered number of visits was from Türkiye - 193.3 thousand, or 54.5% in this group.

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

Most visits to Bulgaria were from: Romania - 256.8 thousand, Türkiye - 193.3 thousand, Greece - 148.3 thousand, Germany - 64.5 thousand, Serbia - 47.6 thousand.

The predominant share of the visits was with other purposes - 44.7%, followed by trips with holiday and recreation purposes - 41.3%, and with professional purposes - 14.0%.

Annex

Table 1

Table 2