In September 2013, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 370.9 thousand or by 11.0% above the registered in September 2012. The trips with other purposes (as guest, education and visit the cultural and sport events) composed the greatest share of the total number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad - 52.4%, followed by the trips with holiday and recreation purposes - 28.4% and with professional purpose - 19.2%.
In September 2013, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 1 113.1 thousand which was by 2.8% above the level of September 2012. An increase was registered in the visits with holiday and recreation purpose - by 4.2% and with other purposes - by 2.7%, while these with the professional purpose decreased by 2.0%.
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