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Bulgaria reports surge in outbound, inbound tourism in February

Xinhua, March 28, 2017 Adjust font size:

The number of trips Bulgarians made abroad in February this year grew by 30.4 percent year-on-year, while arrivals from abroad rose by about 20.4 percent, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said Tuesday.

In comparison with that in February 2016, the most significant increase was registered in the number of Bulgarians trips to Austria, Romania and France, by 54.8 percent, 52.5 percent, and 45.1 percent respectively.

At the same time, the number of the trips of Bulgarians to Russia was reduced by 6.0 percent, to Britain fell by 4.6 percent, and the United States by 2.6 percent, the NSI said.

As regards to the inbound tourism, the share of visits of European Union citizens was 46.9 percent of the total foreigners' visits to Bulgaria. It was a rise of 42.4 percent year-on-year, and the most significant increases were seen in the visits of citizens from Poland, Spain and Greece, the NSI said. Endit