Accommodation establishments - August 2025

Accommodation establishments - August 2025

In August 2025, 3 771 accommodation establishments - hotels, motels, camping sites, mountain chalets and other establishments for short-term accommodation, with 10 or more bed-places, functioned in the country (Annex, Table 1), with 152.9 thousand rooms and 355.6 thousand bed-places in them. In comparison with the same month of the previous year, the number of accommodation establishments increased by 1.4%, and the bed-places in them - by 4.9%.

The total number of nights spent was 6 422.0 thousand, or 1.5% more in comparison to a year earlier. The nights spent by non-residents were 4 180.1 thousand and by Bulgarian residents - 2 241.9 thousand.

In 4 and 5-star accommodation establishments were realized 77.9% of the total number of nights spent by non-residents and 41.3% - by Bulgarian residents. In those with 3 stars were spent 15.5% of the nights by non-residents and 23.0% - by Bulgarian residents, while in those with 1 and 2 stars they were 6.6% and 35.7%, respectively (Figure 1).

The number of arrivals[1] increased by 3.1% compared to the same month in 2024, and reached 1 653.4 thousand, as an increase by 5.6% for non-residents and by 0.2% for Bulgarian residents was reported. The Bulgarian residents were 734.6 thousand and spent 3.1 nights on average. The arrivals of non-residents were 918.8 thousand and had 4.5 nights on average, as 76.6% of them spent nights in accommodation establishments with 4 and 5 stars (Figure 2).

[1]According to instructions from Eurostat, the refugees from Ukraine are not included in the survey.

The total occupancy of the bed-places was 57.8% and it decreased by 2.9 percentage points compared to a year earlier. The highest occupancy of the bed-places was in 4 and 5-star accommodation establishments - 73.9%, followed by those with 3 stars - 49.2%, and with 1 and 2 stars - 35.0% (Figure 3).

The total revenues from nights spent increased by 14.1%, compared to the same month of the previous year, and reached 663.7 million BGN, as 476.2 million BGN were from non-residents and 187.5 million BGN - from Bulgarian residents (Figure 4).

 

Methodological notes

Since 2012, the statistical survey on accommodation establishments has been carried out monthly in compliance with the Regulation 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European statistics on tourism and the Regulation 1051/2011 of the Commission implementing Regulation 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European statistics on tourism, as regards the structure of the quality reports and the transmission of the data.

All categorized hotels, camping sites and other types of accommodation establishments with 10 or more bed-places in use during the reporting period are included in the observation.

The indicator other accommodation establishments includes holiday settlements, hostels, guest houses, bungalows, rest houses, mountain chalets, private rooms and flats and other establishments for short accommodation.

Available Bed Capacity is the maximum number of bed-places, offered for each day of the reference month.

The revenues from nights spent in accommodation establishments include the sums paid by the guests, without the extra services.

 

 

Annex

Table 1

Activity of accommodation establishments in August 2025[1]
Districts Establishments - in numbers Bed-places - in numbers Available bed-nights - in numbers Nights spent - in numbers Arrivals in accommodation establishments - in numbers Revenues from nights spent - Thousand BGN
Total Of which: By non-residents Total Of which: Non-residents Total Of which: By non-residents
Total 3 771 355 639 11 102 001 6 421 976 4 180 073 1 653 446 918 827 663 658 476 185
Blagoevgrad 205 16 404 508 524 182 574 37 307 72 147 15 742 19 357 3 782
Burgas 969 148 744 4 658 720 3 185 626 2 248 755 651 336 416 795 335 634 254 655
Varna 392 64 045 1 995 563 1 433 910 1 183 883 318 952 246 507 166 383 145 107
Veliko Tarnovo 183 5 843 181 133 44 790 12 885 25 040 9 029 2 838 1 020
Vidin 30 1 024 32 984 10 701 2 154 8 129 1 894 688 160
Vratsa 41 1 429 44 299 11 443 1 659 5 807 778 555 110
Gabrovo 73 3 458 107 198 23 291 2 229 10 244 833 1 299 127
Dobrich 190 26 901 837 031 541 032 398 295 115 892 77 236 55 719 43 526
Kardzhali 78 2 317 71 827 20 298 1 706 11 971 1 196 1 430 115
Kyustendil 98 3 298 102 238 31 925 4 186 17 489 2 671 2 700 487
Lovech 130 4 652 144 212 40 182 2 370 17 555 1 296 3 377 151
Montana 38 1 613 50 003 14 749 1 449 6 664 1 088 904 108
Pazardzhik 130 8 229 261 733 133 859 8 439 48 146 2 264 12 228 952
Pernik 8 415 12 865 4 504 1 202 2 540 676 268 86
Pleven 29 1 731 53 661 13 616 3 829 8 435 2 464 904 303
Plovdiv 250 13 534 422 375 158 718 36 583 71 206 19 351 11 430 2 859
Razgrad 21 755 23 405 4 882 1 063 2 589 509 327 84
Ruse 62 2 414 75 943 20 318 7 707 13 583 5 713 1 362 601
Silistra 29 842 26 102 5 228 892 3 009 445 331 59
Sliven 53 1 740 53 940 10 230 1 887 5 693 901 775 181
Smolyan 218 9 376 290 656 102 827 3 984 37 219 1 854 7 231 310
Sofia 95 6 830 211 730 80 917 20 754 28 746 6 557 6 408 2 002
Sofia (stolitsa) 179 17 235 534 285 217 464 158 125 115 880 82 999 21 831 16 887
Stara Zagora 65 5 505 175 119 65 517 6 538 22 123 2 567 5 801 553
Targovishte 14 621 19 251 4 438 1 650 2 179 413 316 101
Haskovo 96 4 253 131 843 46 242 28 054 23 380 15 787 2 762 1 710
Shumen 76 1 713 53 103 9 758 2 072 5 503 991 593 115
Yambol 19 718 22 258 2 937 416 1 989 271 207 34
[1] In use.

 

 

 

Detailed data can be found on the website of NSI at the sections:
Accommodation Establishments