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

In January 2015, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 295.1 thousand or by 8.3% above the registered in January 2014. The trips with other purposes (as a guest, education and visit the cultural and sport events) in January  2015 composed the greatest share of the total number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad - 46.2%, followed by the trips with professional purpose - 32.6%, and with holiday and recreation purposes - 21.2%.

In January 2015, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 393.4 thousands or by 6.9% above the level of January 2014. An increase was registered in the trips with professional purpose and with other purposes by 43.9% and 20.2% respectively, while the trips with holiday and recreation purpose decreased by 13.2%.