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TOURISM AND RELATED SERVICES IN BULGARIA Year 2004* 2005* 2005/2004 % change Total from EU 2 483 540 2 623 880 +5.65% Share of EU (%) 53.64% 54.24% +0.60 EU-15 (before May 2004) 2 094 294 2 207 439 +5.40% Austria 46 700 57 909 +24.00% Belgium 33 837 32 583 -3.71% United Kingdom 275 138 374 494 +36.11% Germany 596 826 582 315 -2.43% Greece 751 027 665 894 -11.34% Denmark 54 666 72 094 +31.88% Spain 13 399 18 510 +38.14% Italy 52 653 59 912 +13.79% Ireland 13 030 29 176 +123.91% Luxembourg 2 925 3 012 +2.97% Netherlands 32 818 48 450 +47.63% Portugal 3 373 4 683 +38.84% Finland 59 604 83 056 +39.35% France 59 361 74 019 +24.69% Sweden 98 937 101 332 +2.42% EU – New member states 389 246 416 441 +6.99% Estonia 2 094 2 455 +17.24% Cyprus 17 315 15 841 -8.51% Latvia 2 517 3 255 +29.32% Lithuania 3 607 5 667 +57.11% Malta 1 797 2 426 +35.00% Poland 108 789 113 544 +4.37% Slovak Republic 82 855 89 226 +7.69% Slovenia 13 873 12 841 -7.44% Hungary 44 761 44 520 -0.54% Czech Republic 111 638 126 666 +13.46% * Excluding children without own passports ** Excluding same-day (transit) visitors Source: NSI Tourist Arrivals to Bulgaria from Other Countries Year 2004* 2005* 2005/2004 % change Russian Federation 149324 175295 +17.39% Ukraine 74730 83746 +12.06% Serbia and Montenegro* 597356 534474 -10.53% FYROM* 682017 581139 -14.79% Romania* 127612 187311 +46.78% Turkey* 198322 271160 +36.73% USA 53569 60405 +12.76% Israel 83590 103523 +23.85% * Incl. "Shuttle Traders" ** Business travels, visits of friends and relatives, others and transits are not included Source: NSI Spanish Economic and Commercial Office of the Spanish Embassy in Sofia 72
TOURISM AND RELATED SERVICES IN BULGARIA Principal international tourist markets of Bulgaria in 2005 Despite the unstable development and the problems caused chiefly by the transport infrastructure partially destroyed by the disasters and floods and the effects of the unrestricted construction of accommodation facilities at the Black Sea coast, data show that the Bulgarian tourist industry has managed to overcome most of the problems and has preserved its passable growth rate. August and September brought back international demand for Bulgarian tourist services. October, November and December were slow on decrease in visits from some neighboring countries (Greece, FYROM, Serbia and Montenegro), which requires prompt marketing steps for rebound of travelling. Decline in the German market in the summer was mitigated to 2.4 percent for the full year by the increase of 2.6 percent in October, 36.3 percent in November, and 9.7 percent in December. All other main markets as the UK, Russia, Ukraine, the Scandinavian countries, Turkey, Central Europe, the USA, etc. grew significantly. The total number of tourists rose 4.5 percent and revenues climbed about 8-9 percent for the full-year period. 6.2. CONSUMER PROFILE Purpose of the visits Most of the foreigners who came to our country over the review period came as tourists or holiday-makers. Their number has been growing constantly. In 2003, they accounted for 87.3 per cent of the total number of visitors to Bulgaria (excluding transit travelers), versus 84.5 per cent in 2000. Some drop (by 0.7 points) down to 86.6 per cent was observed in 2004. Structure of the visits (2000 – 2004), % year Tourism or holidays Guests Business Other 2000 84.5 1.3 6.4 7.8 2001 86.5 0.8 5.8 6.9 2002 87.2 0.7 5.2 6.9 2003 87.3 0.7 5.3 6.7 2004 86.6 0.9 5.9 6.6 Source: NSI The share of guests shrank almost in half by 2003. In 2004, however, it grew 0.2 points up to 0.9 per cent. The same trend is observed in business visits, but their drop is not so dynamic – from 6.4 per cent in 2000 to 5.3 per cent in 2003. In 2004 they registered an increase of 0.6 points up to 5.9 per cent. Tourist and holiday visits Over the review period, the absolute and relative growth in the number of tourist visits was biggest in 2003, when it grew 18 per cent (or by 539 000 people) from 2002. Foreign tourist and holiday visits (2000 – 2004) Thousand people Previous year=100 Indexes year 2000=100 Spanish Economic and Commercial Office of the Spanish Embassy in Sofia 73
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