In August 2015, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 512.0 thousand or by 11.3% above the registered in August 2014. The trips with other purposes (as a guest, education and visit the cultural and sport events) in August 2015 composed the greatest share of the total number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad - 44.2%, followed by the trips with holiday and recreation purposes - 41.9%, and with professional purpose - 13.9%.
In August 2015, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 1 729.6 thousand or by 2.3% above the level of August 2014. An increase was registered in the trips with other purposes - by 6.4% and with holiday and recreation purpose - by 0.4%, while these with professional purpose decreased by 3.4%.
