In July 2015, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 528.6 thousand or by 16.5% above the registered in July 2014. The trips with other purposes (as a guest, education and visit the cultural and sport events) in July 2015 composed the greatest share of the total number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad - 42.4%, followed by the trips with holiday and recreation purposes - 41.7%, and with professional purpose - 15.9%.
In July 2015, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 1 631.9 thousand or by 9.0% below the level of July 2014. A decrease was registered in the visits by all observed purposes: with professional purpose - by 50.1%, with other purposes - by 4.9% and with holiday and recreation purpose - by 3.4%.
