In January 2015, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 295.1 thousand or by 8.3% above the registered in January 2014. The trips with other purposes (as a guest, education and visit the cultural and sport events) in January 2015 composed the greatest share of the total number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad - 46.2%, followed by the trips with professional purpose - 32.6%, and with holiday and recreation purposes - 21.2%.
In January 2015, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 393.4 thousands or by 6.9% above the level of January 2014. An increase was registered in the trips with professional purpose and with other purposes by 43.9% and 20.2% respectively, while the trips with holiday and recreation purpose decreased by 13.2%.
