Optimistic for Summer 2021: Over 2.5 million tourists have chosen destination Bulgaria since the beginning of May

More than 2.5 million tourists have travelled in the country since the beginning of the summer season, show the statistics from the Unified Tourist Information System. The main share of them are Bulgarians, reaching over 1,680,900 for the period from May 1 to August 8, 2021. In the same period, foreign visitors were 887,629.

In the three summer months – May, June and July 2021, tourists in the accommodation facilities were over 2.2 million, which is an increase of about 2.2 times compared to the same period in 2020. Nearly 1.5 million of them are Bulgarians. Main travel destinations are Nessebar, Varna, Sofia, the SPA resort Velingrad and others.

Approximately 750 thousand are foreign tourists during these summer months. Most of them are from the Romanian market – with 288 thousand tourists, followed by Poland – 74.7 thousand guests and Ukraine – 58.3 thousand. The Czech Republic and Germany rank after them, with 44 thousand and 43.8 thousand tourists, respectively.

In the period from 01.07.2021 to 31.07.2021 only, over 1 270 000 tourists spent the night in our country. Of these, 738,277 were Bulgarians, and the other largest markets are ranked as follows:

1. Romania                             222 966

2. Poland                                59 211

3. The Czech Republic          37 126

4. Germany                            34 461

5. Ukraine                              33 611

6. Israel                                  14 490

7. France                                9 923

8. Turkey                                8 515

9. Russia                                 7 360

10. The USA                          5 338

11. Serbia                               4 448

12. Italy                                  4 114

13. Great Britain                    3 808

14. Northern Macedonia       3 385

15. Greece                              3 120