In January 2014, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 272.5 thousand or by 2.3% above the registered in January 2013. 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 - 52.8%, followed by the trips with holiday and recreation purposes - 25.9%, and with professional purpose - 21.3%.
In January 2014, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 368.1 thousand which was by 4.7% above the level of January 2013. An increase was registered in the visits with other purposes and holiday and recreation purpose - by 8.9 and 5.3% respectively, while these with professional purpose decreased by 5.7%.
