Monthly data

Table

ACCOMMODATION ESTABLISHMENTS BY STATISTICAL ZONES, STATISTICAL REGIONS AND BY DISTRICTS IN JULY 2026¹
Statistical zones Statistical regions Districts	Accommodation establishments - number	Bed-places - number	Available bed-nights - number	Nights spent - number		Arrivals in accommodation establishments - number		Revenues from nights spent - EUR
Statistical zones Statistical regions Districts	Accommodation establishments - number	Bed-places - number	Available bed-nights - number	Total	Of which: by non-residents	Total	Of which: non-residents	Total	Of which: by non-residents
Total	3 667	346 069	10 817 918	5 768 693	3 629 706	1 455 954	789 944	346 412 544	237 942 781
North and South-East Bulgaria	2 349	264 195	8 264 290	4 933 903	3 364 009	1 087 537	658 528	303 325 812	221 732 751
North-West region	271	10 403	325 593	76 831	9 639	39 252	6 317	3 262 764	409 637
Vidin	30	1 014	34 534	9 564	2 090	6 797	1 599	386 815	98 816
Vratsa	42	1 490	46 190	8 284	1 041	4 715	454	263 767	40 460
Lovech	132	4 715	146 165	33 380	1 761	14 536	951	1 753 071	80 995
Montana	38	1 587	49 197	14 000	1 387	6 306	947	448 409	54 869
Pleven	29	1 597	49 507	11 603	3 360	6 898	2 366	410 702	134 497
North Central region	350	12 909	400 799	88 278	19 772	47 792	13 016	3 122 645	838 332
Veliko Tarnovo	171	5 642	174 902	38 495	9 563	20 890	6 389	1 366 298	423 088
Gabrovo	72	3 523	109 833	21 199	1 382	9 924	679	673 315	59 724
Razgrad	18	681	21 111	5 241	1 121	2 612	613	187 243	42 934
Ruse	60	2 216	68 696	18 452	7 077	11 580	4 978	713 338	284 581
Silistra	29	847	26 257	4 891	629	2 786	357	182 451	28 005
North-East region	657	91 933	2 865 361	1 808 245	1 387 140	394 730	278 281	115 961 745	94 325 716
Varna	383	63 468	1 978 234	1 323 201	1 070 040	284 927	213 896	83 307 994	70 929 995
Dobrich	191	26 255	818 617	472 406	314 680	102 885	63 404	32 175 934	23 303 740
Targovishte	14	600	18 600	3 476	372	2 044	239	146 405	22 212
Shumen	69	1 610	49 910	9 162	2 048	4 874	742	331 412	69 769
South-East region	1 071	148 950	4 672 537	2 960 549	1 947 458	605 763	360 914	180 978 658	126 159 066
Burgas	925	140 360	4 400 698	2 876 601	1 937 585	575 361	357 375	176 760 918	125 660 037
Sliven	54	1 884	59 489	9 962	2 673	5 131	821	414 693	150 406
Stara Zagora	74	6 012	190 836	71 107	6 510	23 705	2 379	3 696 685	316 089
Yambol	18	694	21 514	2 879	690	1 566	339	106 362	32 534
South-West and South Central Bulgaria	1 318	81 874	2 553 628	834 790	265 697	368 417	131 416	43 086 732	16 210 030
South-West region	564	44 579	1 385 669	448 480	198 122	208 216	97 407	25 797 221	12 693 770
Blagoevgrad	198	16 246	503 626	140 062	33 038	55 442	13 169	8 739 884	2 224 115
Kyustendil	89	3 091	99 541	26 076	3 627	13 913	2 235	1 229 091	191 413
Pernik	9	441	13 671	3 576	807	1 977	515	161 375	35 523
Sofia	90	7 177	222 487	70 377	10 868	25 101	3 464	2 906 152	483 736
Sofia (stolitsa)	178	17 624	546 344	208 389	149 782	111 783	78 024	12 760 719	9 758 983
South Central region	754	37 295	1 167 959	386 310	67 575	160 201	34 009	17 289 511	3 516 260
Kаrdzhali	76	2 288	70 928	16 788	1 485	10 007	1 031	851 856	64 373
Pazardzhik	133	8 099	259 067	105 222	7 406	35 873	1 824	4 848 773	403 970
Plovdiv	243	13 090	410 068	148 596	35 014	66 188	17 714	6 917 841	1 926 451
Smolyan	204	9 461	292 829	79 298	4 134	29 894	1 802	3 113 754	181 778
Haskovo	98	4 357	135 067	36 406	19 536	18 239	11 638	1 557 287	939 688
¹In use

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Data - BGN

Table

ACCOMMODATION ESTABLISHMENTS BY STATISTICAL ZONES, STATISTICAL REGIONS AND BY DISTRICTS IN JULY 2026¹
Statistical zones Statistical regions Districts	Accommodation establishments - number	Bed-places - number	Available bed-nights - number	Nights spent - number		Arrivals in accommodation establishments - number		Revenues from nights spent - levs
Statistical zones Statistical regions Districts	Accommodation establishments - number	Bed-places - number	Available bed-nights - number	Total	Of which: by non-residents	Total	Of which: non-residents	Total	Of which: by non-residents
Total	3 667	346 069	10 817 918	5 768 693	3 629 706	1 455 954	789 944	677 524 046	465 375 629
North and South-East Bulgaria	2 349	264 195	8 264 290	4 933 903	3 364 009	1 087 537	658 528	593 253 723	433 671 566
North-West region	271	10 403	325 593	76 831	9 639	39 252	6 317	6 381 412	801 180
Vidin	30	1 014	34 534	9 564	2 090	6 797	1 599	756 544	193 267
Vratsa	42	1 490	46 190	8 284	1 041	4 715	454	515 883	79 133
Lovech	132	4 715	146 165	33 380	1 761	14 536	951	3 428 709	158 412
Montana	38	1 587	49 197	14 000	1 387	6 306	947	877 012	107 314
Pleven	29	1 597	49 507	11 603	3 360	6 898	2 366	803 263	263 053
North Central region	350	12 909	400 799	88 278	19 772	47 792	13 016	6 107 363	1 639 635
Veliko Tarnovo	171	5 642	174 902	38 495	9 563	20 890	6 389	2 672 247	827 488
Gabrovo	72	3 523	109 833	21 199	1 382	9 924	679	1 316 890	116 810
Razgrad	18	681	21 111	5 241	1 121	2 612	613	366 215	83 972
Ruse	60	2 216	68 696	18 452	7 077	11 580	4 978	1 395 168	556 592
Silistra	29	847	26 257	4 891	629	2 786	357	356 843	54 773
North-East region	657	91 933	2 865 361	1 808 245	1 387 140	394 730	278 281	226 801 460	184 485 065
Varna	383	63 468	1 978 234	1 323 201	1 070 040	284 927	213 896	162 936 274	138 727 012
Dobrich	191	26 255	818 617	472 406	314 680	102 885	63 404	62 930 657	45 578 154
Targovishte	14	600	18 600	3 476	372	2 044	239	286 343	43 443
Shumen	69	1 610	49 910	9 162	2 048	4 874	742	648 186	136 456
South-East region	1 071	148 950	4 672 537	2 960 549	1 947 458	605 763	360 914	353 963 489	246 745 686
Burgas	925	140 360	4 400 698	2 876 601	1 937 585	575 361	357 375	345 714 306	245 769 670
Sliven	54	1 884	59 489	9 962	2 673	5 131	821	811 069	294 169
Stara Zagora	74	6 012	190 836	71 107	6 510	23 705	2 379	7 230 087	618 216
Yambol	18	694	21 514	2 879	690	1 566	339	208 026	63 631
South-West and South Central Bulgaria	1 318	81 874	2 553 628	834 790	265 697	368 417	131 416	84 270 323	31 704 063
South-West region	564	44 579	1 385 669	448 480	198 122	208 216	97 407	50 454 979	24 826 856
Blagoevgrad	198	16 246	503 626	140 062	33 038	55 442	13 169	17 093 727	4 349 991
Kyustendil	89	3 091	99 541	26 076	3 627	13 913	2 235	2 403 893	374 371
Pernik	9	441	13 671	3 576	807	1 977	515	315 622	69 477
Sofia	90	7 177	222 487	70 377	10 868	25 101	3 464	5 683 939	946 105
Sofia (stolitsa)	178	17 624	546 344	208 389	149 782	111 783	78 024	24 957 797	19 086 912
South Central region	754	37 295	1 167 959	386 310	67 575	160 201	34 009	33 815 344	6 877 207
Kаrdzhali	76	2 288	70 928	16 788	1 485	10 007	1 031	1 666 086	125 903
Pazardzhik	133	8 099	259 067	105 222	7 406	35 873	1 824	9 483 376	790 097
Plovdiv	243	13 090	410 068	148 596	35 014	66 188	17 714	13 530 121	3 767 811
Smolyan	204	9 461	292 829	79 298	4 134	29 894	1 802	6 089 973	355 527
Haskovo	98	4 357	135 067	36 406	19 536	18 239	11 638	3 045 789	1 837 870
¹In use
* Data have been converted into leva based on aggregated data (1 euro=1,95583 leva). Minor deviations in the sums may occur due to rounding.

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Time series

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Metadata

Methodology

Euro-SDMX Metadata Structure (ESMS)

Accommodation Establishments - activity of the accommodation establishments
Contact
Contact organisation	National Statistical Institute
Contact organisation unit	"Statistics of tourism and business surveys" Department
Contact name	Tsvetana Mitkova, Emil Stanchev
Contact person function	State Expert, Chief Expert
Contact mail address	2, P. Volov Str., 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria
Contact email address	[email protected] [email protected]
Contact phone number	+359 2 9857 142 +359 2 98 57 261
Contact fax number
Metadata update
Metadata last certified	16 August 2023
Metadata last posted	16 August 2023
Metadata last update	16 August 2023
Statistical presentation
Data description	Arrivals of visitors, nights spent, revenues from nights spent, bed-places and available bed-nights, number of accommodation establishments.
Classification system	· Nomenclature of countries and territories for statistical purposes; · Classification of Territorial Units for Statistical Purposes in Bulgaria (NUTS); · Unified Classification of Administrative-Territorial and Territorial Units (UCATTU).
Sector coverage	All accommodation establishments with 10 and more bed-places - hotels, camping sites, other accommodation establishments (holiday settlements, mountain chalets, pravite flats, rest houses, bungalows and other short-time accommodation).
Statistical concepts and definitions	Arrivals and nights spent by Bulgarian and foreign residents, bed-places and available bed-nights, revenues from nights spent by Bulgarian and foreign residents.
Statistical unit	Accommodation establishment
Statistical population	All categorized accommodation establishments with 10 and more bed-places in use.
Reference area	The territory of Republic of Bulgaria.
Time coverage	· Quarterly - from the first quarter of 2008 till the fourth quarter of 2011; · Monthly - from January 2012; · Annually - from 2008.
Base period	2008
Unit of measure
Number, BGN, %
Reference period
· Quarter - till the end of 2011; · Month - since January 2012; · Year.
Institutional mandate
Legal acts and other agreements	Till the end of 2011 - Directive 95/57 EC; Since January 2012 - Regulation 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European statistics on tourism and Commission implementing Regulation 1051/2011 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. - Commission Delegated Regulation 2019/1681 amending Regulation 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European statistics of tourism, as regards the transmission deadlines and adaptation of Annexes I and II; - Law on statistics; - National Statistical Program.
Data sharing	Not applicable
Confidentiality
Confidentiality - policy	· Law on Statistics; · Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:087:0164:0173:bg:PDF)
Confidentiality - data treatment	Individual data are not published in accordance with article 25 of the Law on Statistics. The publishing of individual data can be performed only in accordance with article 26 of the same law on Statistics and Rules for provision of anonymized individual data for scientific and research purposes (http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/575).
Release policy
Release calendar	The date for publishing of statistical information is indicated in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute. The statistical information on the activity of the accommodation establishments is published monthly: a month after the reference period on the website of the NSI.
Release calendar access	The calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480
User access	The data are published on the NSI website, section Tourism in accordance with the Law on Statistics and the European Statistics Code of Practice respecting the professional independence and aimed at objectivity, transparency and equal treatment of all consumers.
Frequency of dissemination
· Quarterly -till the end of 2011; · Monthly - from the January 2012.
Accessibility and clarity
News release	· Quarterly -till the end of 2011; · Monthly - from the January 2012.
Publications	· "Statistical yearbook" - annual publication; · "Statistical Reference Book " - annual publication; · Brochure "Bulgaria" - annual edition.
On-line database	Data on accommodation establishments are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading - Tourism - Accommodation Establishments: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/7060 and in information system - INFOSAT: Topic Business Statistics, Subtopic Tourism: https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=226
Micro-data access	Micro data are not disseminated.
Other	The data from the Survey on Accommodation Establishments can be provided in other formats as an information service on request, according to the Rules for dissemination of statistical products and services by the NSI http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/564/.
Documentation on methodology	Methodology of the survey
Quality documentation	Not available
Quality management
Quality assurance	Assurance of quality of the Survey on Accommodation Establishments in accordance with Quality management policy and Quality management programme of NSI.
Quality assessment	The results from the Survey accommodation establishment in the form of statistical estimates and distributions pass annually through an assessment of their quality. The estimate shall be formally published in the form of a quality report in Eurostat standardized form.
Relevance
User needs	The users are the Council of Ministers, Ministry of Tourism, the districts and municipalities authorities, tourist organizations, science organizations, international organizations and others.
User satisfaction	The users satisfaction survey is not carried out.
Completeness	All data according to Regulation 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European statistics on tourism are provided.
Accuracy and reliability
Overall accuracy	The statistical survey is exhaustively.
Sampling error	Not applicable.
Non-sampling error	Not applicable.
Timeliness and punctuality
Timeliness	The data are submitted to Eurostat 2 months after the reference months according to Commission implementing Regulation 1051/2011 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.
Punctuality	The publication dates are observed.
Coherence and comparability
Comparability - geographical	The data are elaborated according to the administrative structure of the Republic of Bulgaria as of 31.12. of reference year.
Comparability - over time	The data are calculated by common methodology and are comparable by years.
Coherence - cross domain	Not applicable.
Coherence - internal	Not applicable.
Cost and burden
Not applicable.
Data revision
Data revision - policy	Not applicable.
Data revision - practice	Not applicable.
Statistical processing
Source data	All categorized accommodation establishments with 10 and more bed-places in use.
Frequency of data collection	· Quarterly -till the end of 2011. · Monthly - from the January 2012.
Data collection	Exhaustively
Data validation	Not applicable.
Data compilation	The data are aggregated to the level of municipalities, districts and total for the country.
Adjustment	Not applicable.
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Quality reports

ESS Standard for Quality Reports Structure (ESQRS)

Accommodation Establishments - activity of the accommodation establishments
Contact
Contact organisation	National Statistical Institute
Contact organisation unit	"Statistics of tourism and business surveys" Department
Contact name	Tsvetana Mitkova, Emil Stanchev
Contact person function	State Expert, Chief Expert
Contact mail address	2, P. Volov Str., 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria
Contact email address	[email protected] [email protected]
Contact phone number	+359 2 9857 142 +359 2 98 57 261
Contact fax number
Statistical presentation
Data description	Arrivals of visitors, nights spent, revenues from nights spent, bed-places and available bed-nights, number of accommodation establishments.
Classification system	· Nomenclature of countries and territories for statistical purposes; · Classification of Territorial Units for Statistical Purposes in Bulgaria (NUTS); · Unified Classification of Administrative-Territorial and Territorial Units (UCATTU).
Sector coverage	All accommodation establishments with 10 and more bed-places - hotels, camping sites, other accommodation establishments (holiday settlements, mountain chalets, pravite flats, rest houses, bungalows and other short-time accommodation).
Statistical concepts and definitions	Arrivals and nights spent by Bulgarian and foreign residents, bed-places and available bed-nights, revenues from nights spent by Bulgarian and foreign residents.
Statistical unit	Accommodation establishment
Statistical population	All categorized accommodation establishments with 10 and more bed-places in use.
Reference area	The territory of Republic of Bulgaria.
Time coverage	· Quarterly - from the first quarter of 2008 till the fourth quarter of 2011; · Monthly - from January 2012; · Annually - from 2008.
Base period	2008
Statistical processing
Source data	All categorized accommodation establishments with 10 and more bed-places in use.
Frequency of data collection	· Quarterly -till the end of 2011. · Monthly - from the January 2012.
Data collection	Exhaustively
Data validation	Not applicable.
Data compilation	The data are aggregated to the level of municipalities, districts and total for the country.
Adjustment	Not applicable.
Quality management
Quality assurance	Assurance of quality of the Survey on Accommodation Establishments in accordance with Quality management policy and Quality management programme of NSI.
Quality assessment	The results from the Survey accommodation establishment in the form of statistical estimates and distributions pass annually through an assessment of their quality. The estimate shall be formally published in the form of a quality report in Eurostat standardized form.
Relevance
User needs	The users are the Council of Ministers, Ministry of Tourism, the districts and municipalities authorities, tourist organizations, science organizations, international organizations and others.
User satisfaction	The users satisfaction survey is not carried out.
Completeness	All data according to Regulation 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European statistics on tourism are provided.
Data completeness - rate
Accuracy and reliability
Overall accuracy	The statistical survey is exhaustively.
Sampling error	Not applicable.
Sampling errors - indicators
Non-sampling error	Not applicable.
Coverage error
Over-coverage - rate
Common units - proportion
Measurement error
Non response error
Unit non-response - rate
Item non-response - rate
Processing error
Imputation - rate
Model assumption error
Seasonal adjustment
Data revision - policy	Not applicable.
Data revision - practice	Not applicable.
Data revision - average size
Timeliness and punctuality
Timeliness	The data are submitted to Eurostat 2 months after the reference months according to Commission implementing Regulation 1051/2011 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.
Time lag - first results
Time lag - final results
Punctuality	The publication dates are observed.
Punctuality - delivery and publication
Coherence and comparability
Comparability - geographical	The data are elaborated according to the administrative structure of the Republic of Bulgaria as of 31.12. of reference year.
Asymmetry for mirror flows statistics - coefficient
Comparability - over time	The data are calculated by common methodology and are comparable by years.
Length of comparable time series
Coherence - cross domain	Not applicable.
Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics
Coherence - National Accounts
Coherence - internal	Not applicable.
Accessibility and clarity
News release	· Quarterly -till the end of 2011; · Monthly - from the January 2012.
Publications	· "Statistical yearbook" - annual publication; · "Statistical Reference Book " - annual publication; · Brochure "Bulgaria" - annual edition.
On-line database	Data on accommodation establishments are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading - Tourism - Accommodation Establishments: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/7060 and in information system - INFOSAT: Topic Business Statistics, Subtopic Tourism: https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=226
Data tables - consultations
Micro-data access	Micro data are not disseminated.
Other	The data from the Survey on Accommodation Establishments can be provided in other formats as an information service on request, according to the Rules for dissemination of statistical products and services by the NSI http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/564/.
Metadata - consultations
Documentation on methodology	Methodology of the survey
Metadata completeness – rate
Quality documentation	Not available
Cost and burden
Not applicable.
Confidentiality
Confidentiality - policy	· Law on Statistics; · Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:087:0164:0173:bg:PDF)
Confidentiality – data treatment	Individual data are not published in accordance with article 25 of the Law on Statistics. The publishing of individual data can be performed only in accordance with article 26 of the same law on Statistics and Rules for provision of anonymized individual data for scientific and research purposes (http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/575).
Comment

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