Trips of Bulgarian Residents Abroad and Arrivals of Visitors from Abroad to Bulgaria in December 2014

In December 2014, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 267.7 thousand or by 12.4% above the registered in December 2013. The trips with other purposes (as a guest, education and visit the cultural and sport events) in December  2014 composed the greatest share of the total number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad - 51.4%, followed by the trips with professional purpose - 26.4%, and with holiday and recreation purposes - 22.2%.

In December 2014, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 430.1 thousands or by 6.0% above the level of December 2013. An increase was registered in the trips with professional purpose and with other purposes by 35.1% and 5.8% respectively, while the trips with holiday and recreation purpose decreased by 25.2%.