The aggregated data show that in the active summer season (June - September), Bulgaria has welcomed over 5 million foreign citizens. Their number is by over 18% greater compared to the same period in 2015.
Bulgaria and Japan will organize a bilateral business forum to promote the mutual tourist flow, which will be attended by representatives of the government administration and businesses from both countries.
More than a million tourist have chosen Varna and its area for their vacation since the yea’s beginning until the active summer season’s end. Revenues from their night-stays during the first 7 months of the year exceed BGN 235 mil.
Over 100 000 tourists visited the Rila lakes during the active summer season, the growth being 12%. This was announced by the Minister of Tourism, Nikolina Angelkova, in Sapareva Banya.
The official NSI data for September are awaited but predictions are that for the active summer season alone the number of international tourists will exceed 6 million.