Trips of Bulgarian Residents Abroad and Arrivals of Visitors from Abroad to Bulgaria in July 2015

In July 2015, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 528.6 thousand or by 16.5% above the registered in July 2014. The trips with other purposes (as a guest, education and visit the cultural and sport events) in July 2015 composed the greatest share of the total number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad - 42.4%, followed by the trips with holiday and recreation purposes - 41.7%, and with professional purpose - 15.9%.

In July 2015, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 1 631.9 thousand or by 9.0% below the level of July 2014. A decrease was registered in the visits by all observed purposes: with professional purpose - by 50.1%, with other purposes - by 4.9% and with holiday and recreation purpose - by 3.4%.