Monthly tourist arrivals in Bulgaria 2020

In April 2020, arrivals at accommodation establishments in Bulgaria fell to around 16.5 thousand due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, down from over 450 thousand recorded in the same period a year earlier. In June, tourist arrivals in Bulgarian accommodations increased to nearly 200 thousand. Arrivals include both residents and non-resident stays in tourist accommodation.

Number of monthly arrivals in tourist accommodation in Bulgaria from July 2018 to June 2020* (in 1000s)

Characteristic	Number of arrivals in thousands
Jun 20	199.53
May 20**	-
Apr 20	16.49
Mar 20	162.49
Feb 20	442.67
Jan 20	439.9
Dec 19	447.6
Nov 19**	-
Oct 19**	-
Sep 19	847.36
Aug 19	1,468.32
Jul 19	1,297.76
Jun 19	1,028.78
May 19	586.59
Apr 19	450.65
Mar 19	432.69
Feb 19	376.05
Jan 19	382.77
Dec 18	437.73
Nov 18	371.06
Oct 18	438.76
Sep 18	835.82
Aug 18	1,317.86
Jul 18	1,233.32

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Release date

September 2020

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Region

Bulgaria

Survey time period

July 2018 to June 2020

Supplementary notes

* Includes both residents and non-resident arrivals.
** Value not provided by the source.
Tourist accommodation includes hotels, holiday and other short stay accommodation, camping grounds, recreational vehicle parks and trailer parks.
Figures have been rounded.

Eurostat provides the following definitions: "An arrival is defined as a person (tourist) who arrives at a tourist accommodation establishment and checks in or arrives at non-rented accommodation. But in the scope of the Regulation concerning European statistics on tourism, this variable is not collected for the latter type of accommodation.

Statistically there is not much difference if, instead of arrivals, departures are counted. No age limit is applied: children are counted as well as adults, even in the case when the overnight stays of children might be free of charge. Arrivals are registered by country of residence of the guest and by month. The arrivals of same-day visitors spending only a few hours during the day (no overnight stay, the date of arrival and departure are the same) at the establishment are excluded from accommodation statistics."

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