In October 2013, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 306.5 thousand or by 8.9% above the registered in October 2012. The trips with other purposes (as guest, education and visit the cultural and sport events) composed the greatest share of the total number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad - 55.8%, followed by the trips with professional purpose - 23.8% and with holiday and recreation purposes - 20.4%.
In October 2013, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 546.7 thousand which was by 4.3% above the level of October 2012. An increase was registered in the visits with holiday and recreation purpose - by 10.3% and with other purposes - by 2.7%, while these with the professional purpose decreased by 4.9%.
