In February 2015, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 256.2 thousand or by 2.7% above the registered in February 2014. The trips with other purposes (as a guest, education and visit the cultural and sport events) in February 2015 composed the greatest share of the total number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad - 55.0%, followed by the trips with professional purpose - 23.4%, and with holiday and recreation purposes - 21.6%.
In February 2015, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 329.8 thousands or by 2.9% above the level of February 2014. An increase was registered in the trips with professional purpose and with other purposes by 37.5% and 8.3% respectively, while the trips with holiday and recreation purpose decreased by 11.9%.
