Informes Sectoriales OP - Icex

TOURISM AND RELATED SERVICES IN BULGARIA
17 Denmark 72 094 +31.88%
18 USA 60 405 +12.76%
19 Italy 59 912 +13.79%
20 Austria 57 909 +24.00%
21 Netherlands 48 450 +47.63%
22 Hungary 44 520 -0.54%
23 Norway 39 764 +76.96%
24 Belgium 32 583 -3.71%
25 Ireland 29 176 +123.91%
26 Moldova 22 837 +48.74%
27 Switzerland 21 018 -8.27%
28 Spain 18 510 +38.14%
29 Belarus 17 120 +22.49%
30 Cyprus 15 841 -8.51%
31 Slovenia 12 841 -7.44%
32 Japan 10818 +16.83%
33 Croatia 10 570 +28.39%
34 Philippines 9 132 +8.75%
35 Canada 8 846 +19.52%
36 Australia 8 075 +24.15%
37 Lithuania 5 667 +57.11%
38 Albania 5 650 -2.52%
39 Syria 5 279 +9.27%
40 Portugal 4 683 +38.84%
41 South Korea 4 330 +3.12%
42 China 4 013 -1.74%
43 Lebanon 3 594 +6.14%
44 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 327 +3.68%
45 Latvia 3 255 +29.32%
46 Georgia 3 163 +16.63%
47 Luxembourg 3 012 +2.97%
48 India 2740 +17.90%
49 Kazakhstan 2 534 +73.92%
50 Iran 2 492 -5.18%
* Incl. "Shuttle Traders"
** (Tourist Arrivals at Frontier - as per classification of WTO-OMT and ETC-EU)
Source: NSI
The number of tourists from the EU to Bulgaria increased at a higher rate than the
rest of the world. While the total number of foreign tourists to Bulgaria in January –
December 2005 grew by 4.48 percent, the number of tourists from the EU member
states increased by 5.65 percent, as tourists from the old EU-15 member states increased
by 5.40 percent and from the 10 new ones – by 6.99 percent. The EU market
continues to be the main market for Bulgaria’s tourist industry.
Tourist Arrivals to Bulgaria from EU
Year 2004* 2005*
2005/2004
% change
Total number of tourists** 4 629 854 4 837 150 +4.48%
Spanish Economic and Commercial Office of the Spanish Embassy in Sofia 71