In December 2013, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 238.2 thousand or by 2.2% under the registered in December 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 - 51.9%, followed by the trips with holiday and recreation purposes - 26.0% and with professional purpose - 22.1%.
In December 2013, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 405.8 thousand which was by 2.2% above the level of December 2012. An increase was registered in the visits with holiday and recreation purposes - by 5.8%, while these with professional purpose decreased by 0.5%. Only the visits with other purposes preserved the level of the corresponding month of the previous year.
