Informes Sectoriales OP - Icex

TOURISM AND RELATED SERVICES IN BULGARIA
Significant changes occurred in the shares of the countries in the total number of
tourist and holiday visits to Bulgaria. The share of the nine countries with biggest
relative share was 79.4 per cent in 2000, and 79.3 per cent in 2004. The biggest increase
was registered in the number of visitors from Great Britain – 4.3 points, Serbia
and Montenegro – 5.1 points, Greece – 3.9 points, Germany – 3.1 points.
Share of the countries with biggest number of tourist and holiday visits (2000-
2004), %
Country 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total 2354 2756 2993 3532 4010
Germany 11.0 13.6 16.0 15.2 14.1
Greece 13.7 12.5 13.1 15.5 17.6
Great Britain 2.2 2.5 3.7 4.5 6.5
Czech Republic 1.2 1.3 1.6 2.2 2.5
Poland 0.8 1.1 1.6 1.8 2.5
FYROM 28.0 23.3 20.8 19.0 16.4
Serbia and Montenegro 9.3 13.0 17.9 25.3 14.4
Russia 4.5 4.8 3.3 3.4 3.0
Romania 8.7 8.2 3.1 2.2 2.3
Source: NSI
The share of visits from FYROM is smaller by 11.6 points, and from Romania – by
6.4 points. Despite the absolute increase in the number of visitors from Russia, their
share in 2004 as compared with 2000, is 1.5 points smaller.
Share of the night stays by foreigners (2003-2004), by countries
Germany
Great Britain
Russia
Sweden
Finland
Denmark
Belgium
11.50
14.84
7.80
6.89
4.40
4.49
2.70
2.68
2.30
2.42
2.60
2.07
45.60
40.76
2003 20040 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
Source: NSI
The share of visitors from Germany in 2004 is smaller by 4.8 points, and from Russia
– by 0.9 points. The share of visitors from Great Britain is larger by 3.3 points,
and the share of countries with smaller share is bigger by around 2 points.
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