Monthly data

Table

ACCOMMODATION ESTABLISHMENTS BY STATISTICAL ZONES, STATISTICAL REGIONS AND BY DISTRICTS IN FEBRUARY 2026¹
Statistical zones Statistical regions Districts	Accommodation establishments - number	Bed-places - number	Available bed-nights - number	Nights spent - number		Arrivals in accommodation establishments - number		Revenues from nights spent - EUR
Statistical zones Statistical regions Districts	Accommodation establishments - number	Bed-places - number	Available bed-nights - number	Total	Of which: by non-residents	Total	Of which: non-residents	Total	Of which: by non-residents
Total	2 171	136 383	3 828 692	1 173 612	444 702	503 999	153 109	68 899 382	29 546 032
North and South-East Bulgaria	963	54 017	1 512 532	287 693	63 857	137 648	22 006	14 542 691	3 317 373
North-West region	228	9 444	264 432	42 333	4 148	22 316	1 537	1 864 155	158 044
Vidin	23	862	24 136	3 352	645	2 138	273	143 684	28 779
Vratsa	38	1 359	38 052	7 811	1 179	3 752	346	227 416	39 919
Lovech	111	4 075	114 100	14 962	258	7 677	135	922 178	14 006
Montana	28	1 377	38 556	5 579	254	3 356	137	203 445	10 663
Pleven	28	1 771	49 588	10 629	1 812	5 393	646	367 432	64 677
North Central region	285	11 458	320 824	46 911	7 622	26 625	3 759	1 847 348	373 082
Veliko Tarnovo	135	4 873	136 444	20 408	2 597	12 217	1 576	835 724	138 480
Gabrovo	56	2 930	82 040	9 613	576	5 001	242	332 242	25 986
Razgrad	17	590	16 520	2 505	728	1 329	262	116 552	41 307
Ruse	53	2 301	64 428	11 435	3 070	6 395	1 470	449 185	142 784
Silistra	24	764	21 392	2 950	651	1 683	209	113 645	24 525
North-East region	239	18 228	510 440	88 414	34 882	40 505	11 764	4 762 954	2 076 552
Varna	128	12 006	336 224	56 827	27 830	25 314	8 835	2 819 201	1 508 264
Dobrich	40	4 333	121 324	23 592	5 885	10 799	2 434	1 649 945	514 230
Targovishte	12	476	13 328	1 832	362	1 199	151	89 329	20 623
Shumen	59	1 413	39 564	6 163	805	3 193	344	204 479	33 435
South-East region	211	14 887	416 836	110 035	17 205	48 202	4 946	6 068 234	709 695
Burgas	86	6 683	187 124	38 113	11 351	17 571	3 326	1 580 032	382 554
Sliven	42	1 443	40 404	5 640	1 084	3 371	378	265 634	64 367
Stara Zagora	67	6 083	170 324	63 672	4 335	25 982	1 061	4 135 435	242 649
Yambol	16	678	18 984	2 610	435	1 278	181	87 133	20 125
South-West and South Central Bulgaria	1 208	82 366	2 316 160	885 919	380 845	366 351	131 103	54 356 691	26 228 659
South-West region	565	46 757	1 312 556	536 520	316 507	216 354	105 961	36 842 191	22 746 191
Blagoevgrad	224	18 759	525 252	233 910	138 551	80 206	37 860	16 761 714	9 830 510
Kyustendil	63	2 405	70 700	16 824	..	10 762	569	1 096 983	..
Pernik	8	415	11 620	2 615	..	1 336	151	105 651	..
Sofia	90	7 375	206 500	110 625	65 679	34 782	16 419	7 537 735	4 742 307
Sofia (stolitsa)	180	17 803	498 484	172 546	110 795	89 268	50 962	11 340 108	8 068 816
South Central region	643	35 609	1 003 604	349 399	64 338	149 997	25 142	17 514 500	3 482 468
Kаrdzhali	48	1 766	49 448	5 450	485	3 539	338	226 518	19 697
Pazardzhik	117	7 876	223 272	92 327	2 919	43 330	1 004	5 321 210	198 788
Plovdiv	213	12 572	355 824	108 247	18 551	50 757	8 994	5 074 666	916 211
Smolyan	172	9 114	255 192	120 982	31 661	38 542	6 653	5 849 781	1 715 018
Haskovo	93	4 281	119 868	22 393	10 722	13 829	8 153	1 042 325	632 754
¹In use
".." confidential data

14.04.2026

Data - BGN

Table

ACCOMMODATION ESTABLISHMENTS BY STATISTICAL ZONES, STATISTICAL REGIONS AND BY DISTRICTS IN FEBRUARY 2026¹
Statistical zones Statistical regions Districts	Accommodation establishments - number	Bed-places - number	Available bed-nights - number	Nights spent - number		Arrivals in accommodation establishments - number		Revenues from nights spent - levs
Statistical zones Statistical regions Districts	Accommodation establishments - number	Bed-places - number	Available bed-nights - number	Total	Of which: by non-residents	Total	Of which: non-residents	Total	Of which: by non-residents
Total	2 171	136 383	3 828 692	1 173 612	444 702	503 999	153 109	134 755 478	57 787 016
North and South-East Bulgaria	963	54 017	1 512 532	287 693	63 857	137 648	22 006	28 443 031	6 488 218
North-West region	228	9 444	264 432	42 333	4 148	22 316	1 537	3 645 970	309 107
Vidin	23	862	24 136	3 352	645	2 138	273	281 021	56 287
Vratsa	38	1 359	38 052	7 811	1 179	3 752	346	444 787	78 075
Lovech	111	4 075	114 100	14 962	258	7 677	135	1 803 623	27 393
Montana	28	1 377	38 556	5 579	254	3 356	137	397 904	20 855
Pleven	28	1 771	49 588	10 629	1 812	5 393	646	718 635	126 497
North Central region	285	11 458	320 824	46 911	7 622	26 625	3 759	3 613 099	729 685
Veliko Tarnovo	135	4 873	136 444	20 408	2 597	12 217	1 576	1 634 534	270 843
Gabrovo	56	2 930	82 040	9 613	576	5 001	242	649 809	50 824
Razgrad	17	590	16 520	2 505	728	1 329	262	227 956	80 789
Ruse	53	2 301	64 428	11 435	3 070	6 395	1 470	878 529	279 261
Silistra	24	764	21 392	2 950	651	1 683	209	222 270	47 967
North-East region	239	18 228	510 440	88 414	34 882	40 505	11 764	9 315 528	4 061 383
Varna	128	12 006	336 224	56 827	27 830	25 314	8 835	5 513 878	2 949 908
Dobrich	40	4 333	121 324	23 592	5 885	10 799	2 434	3 227 012	1 005 746
Targovishte	12	476	13 328	1 832	362	1 199	151	174 712	40 335
Shumen	59	1 413	39 564	6 163	805	3 193	344	399 926	65 393
South-East region	211	14 887	416 836	110 035	17 205	48 202	4 946	11 868 434	1 388 043
Burgas	86	6 683	187 124	38 113	11 351	17 571	3 326	3 090 274	748 211
Sliven	42	1 443	40 404	5 640	1 084	3 371	378	519 535	125 891
Stara Zagora	67	6 083	170 324	63 672	4 335	25 982	1 061	8 088 208	474 580
Yambol	16	678	18 984	2 610	435	1 278	181	170 417	39 361
South-West and South Central Bulgaria	1 208	82 366	2 316 160	885 919	380 845	366 351	131 103	106 312 447	51 298 798
South-West region	565	46 757	1 312 556	536 520	316 507	216 354	105 961	72 057 062	44 487 683
Blagoevgrad	224	18 759	525 252	233 910	138 551	80 206	37 860	32 783 063	19 226 806
Kyustendil	63	2 405	70 700	16 824	..	10 762	569	2 145 512	..
Pernik	8	415	11 620	2 615	..	1 336	151	206 635	..
Sofia	90	7 375	206 500	110 625	65 679	34 782	16 419	14 742 528	9 275 146
Sofia (stolitsa)	180	17 803	498 484	172 546	110 795	89 268	50 962	22 179 323	15 781 232
South Central region	643	35 609	1 003 604	349 399	64 338	149 997	25 142	34 255 385	6 811 115
Kаrdzhali	48	1 766	49 448	5 450	485	3 539	338	443 031	38 524
Pazardzhik	117	7 876	223 272	92 327	2 919	43 330	1 004	10 407 382	388 796
Plovdiv	213	12 572	355 824	108 247	18 551	50 757	8 994	9 925 184	1 791 953
Smolyan	172	9 114	255 192	120 982	31 661	38 542	6 653	11 441 177	3 354 284
Haskovo	93	4 281	119 868	22 393	10 722	13 829	8 153	2 038 611	1 237 559
¹In use
".." confidential data
* Data have been converted into leva based on aggregated data (1 euro=1,95583 leva). Minor deviations in the sums may occur due to rounding.

14.04.2026

Time series

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Metadata

Methodology

Euro-SDMX Metadata Structure (ESMS)

Accommodation Establishments - activity of the accommodation establishments
Contact
Contact organisation	National Statistical Institute
Contact organisation unit	"Statistics of tourism and business surveys" Department
Contact name	Tsvetana Mitkova, Emil Stanchev
Contact person function	State Expert, Chief Expert
Contact mail address	2, P. Volov Str., 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria
Contact email address	[email protected] [email protected]
Contact phone number	+359 2 9857 142 +359 2 98 57 261
Contact fax number
Metadata update
Metadata last certified	16 August 2023
Metadata last posted	16 August 2023
Metadata last update	16 August 2023
Statistical presentation
Data description	Arrivals of visitors, nights spent, revenues from nights spent, bed-places and available bed-nights, number of accommodation establishments.
Classification system	· Nomenclature of countries and territories for statistical purposes; · Classification of Territorial Units for Statistical Purposes in Bulgaria (NUTS); · Unified Classification of Administrative-Territorial and Territorial Units (UCATTU).
Sector coverage	All accommodation establishments with 10 and more bed-places - hotels, camping sites, other accommodation establishments (holiday settlements, mountain chalets, pravite flats, rest houses, bungalows and other short-time accommodation).
Statistical concepts and definitions	Arrivals and nights spent by Bulgarian and foreign residents, bed-places and available bed-nights, revenues from nights spent by Bulgarian and foreign residents.
Statistical unit	Accommodation establishment
Statistical population	All categorized accommodation establishments with 10 and more bed-places in use.
Reference area	The territory of Republic of Bulgaria.
Time coverage	· Quarterly - from the first quarter of 2008 till the fourth quarter of 2011; · Monthly - from January 2012; · Annually - from 2008.
Base period	2008
Unit of measure
Number, BGN, %
Reference period
· Quarter - till the end of 2011; · Month - since January 2012; · Year.
Institutional mandate
Legal acts and other agreements	Till the end of 2011 - Directive 95/57 EC; Since January 2012 - Regulation 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European statistics on tourism and Commission implementing Regulation 1051/2011 implementing Regulation 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European statistics on tourism, as regards the structure of the quality reports and the transmission of the data. - Commission Delegated Regulation 2019/1681 amending Regulation 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European statistics of tourism, as regards the transmission deadlines and adaptation of Annexes I and II; - Law on statistics; - National Statistical Program.
Data sharing	Not applicable
Confidentiality
Confidentiality - policy	· Law on Statistics; · Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:087:0164:0173:bg:PDF)
Confidentiality - data treatment	Individual data are not published in accordance with article 25 of the Law on Statistics. The publishing of individual data can be performed only in accordance with article 26 of the same law on Statistics and Rules for provision of anonymized individual data for scientific and research purposes (http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/575).
Release policy
Release calendar	The date for publishing of statistical information is indicated in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute. The statistical information on the activity of the accommodation establishments is published monthly: a month after the reference period on the website of the NSI.
Release calendar access	The calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480
User access	The data are published on the NSI website, section Tourism in accordance with the Law on Statistics and the European Statistics Code of Practice respecting the professional independence and aimed at objectivity, transparency and equal treatment of all consumers.
Frequency of dissemination
· Quarterly -till the end of 2011; · Monthly - from the January 2012.
Accessibility and clarity
News release	· Quarterly -till the end of 2011; · Monthly - from the January 2012.
Publications	· "Statistical yearbook" - annual publication; · "Statistical Reference Book " - annual publication; · Brochure "Bulgaria" - annual edition.
On-line database	Data on accommodation establishments are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading - Tourism - Accommodation Establishments: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/7060 and in information system - INFOSAT: Topic Business Statistics, Subtopic Tourism: https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=226
Micro-data access	Micro data are not disseminated.
Other	The data from the Survey on Accommodation Establishments can be provided in other formats as an information service on request, according to the Rules for dissemination of statistical products and services by the NSI http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/564/.
Documentation on methodology	Methodology of the survey
Quality documentation	Not available
Quality management
Quality assurance	Assurance of quality of the Survey on Accommodation Establishments in accordance with Quality management policy and Quality management programme of NSI.
Quality assessment	The results from the Survey accommodation establishment in the form of statistical estimates and distributions pass annually through an assessment of their quality. The estimate shall be formally published in the form of a quality report in Eurostat standardized form.
Relevance
User needs	The users are the Council of Ministers, Ministry of Tourism, the districts and municipalities authorities, tourist organizations, science organizations, international organizations and others.
User satisfaction	The users satisfaction survey is not carried out.
Completeness	All data according to Regulation 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European statistics on tourism are provided.
Accuracy and reliability
Overall accuracy	The statistical survey is exhaustively.
Sampling error	Not applicable.
Non-sampling error	Not applicable.
Timeliness and punctuality
Timeliness	The data are submitted to Eurostat 2 months after the reference months according to Commission implementing Regulation 1051/2011 implementing Regulation 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European statistics on tourism, as regards the structure of the quality reports and the transmission of the data.
Punctuality	The publication dates are observed.
Coherence and comparability
Comparability - geographical	The data are elaborated according to the administrative structure of the Republic of Bulgaria as of 31.12. of reference year.
Comparability - over time	The data are calculated by common methodology and are comparable by years.
Coherence - cross domain	Not applicable.
Coherence - internal	Not applicable.
Cost and burden
Not applicable.
Data revision
Data revision - policy	Not applicable.
Data revision - practice	Not applicable.
Statistical processing
Source data	All categorized accommodation establishments with 10 and more bed-places in use.
Frequency of data collection	· Quarterly -till the end of 2011. · Monthly - from the January 2012.
Data collection	Exhaustively
Data validation	Not applicable.
Data compilation	The data are aggregated to the level of municipalities, districts and total for the country.
Adjustment	Not applicable.
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Quality reports

ESS Standard for Quality Reports Structure (ESQRS)

Accommodation Establishments - activity of the accommodation establishments
Contact
Contact organisation	National Statistical Institute
Contact organisation unit	"Statistics of tourism and business surveys" Department
Contact name	Tsvetana Mitkova, Emil Stanchev
Contact person function	State Expert, Chief Expert
Contact mail address	2, P. Volov Str., 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria
Contact email address	[email protected] [email protected]
Contact phone number	+359 2 9857 142 +359 2 98 57 261
Contact fax number
Statistical presentation
Data description	Arrivals of visitors, nights spent, revenues from nights spent, bed-places and available bed-nights, number of accommodation establishments.
Classification system	· Nomenclature of countries and territories for statistical purposes; · Classification of Territorial Units for Statistical Purposes in Bulgaria (NUTS); · Unified Classification of Administrative-Territorial and Territorial Units (UCATTU).
Sector coverage	All accommodation establishments with 10 and more bed-places - hotels, camping sites, other accommodation establishments (holiday settlements, mountain chalets, pravite flats, rest houses, bungalows and other short-time accommodation).
Statistical concepts and definitions	Arrivals and nights spent by Bulgarian and foreign residents, bed-places and available bed-nights, revenues from nights spent by Bulgarian and foreign residents.
Statistical unit	Accommodation establishment
Statistical population	All categorized accommodation establishments with 10 and more bed-places in use.
Reference area	The territory of Republic of Bulgaria.
Time coverage	· Quarterly - from the first quarter of 2008 till the fourth quarter of 2011; · Monthly - from January 2012; · Annually - from 2008.
Base period	2008
Statistical processing
Source data	All categorized accommodation establishments with 10 and more bed-places in use.
Frequency of data collection	· Quarterly -till the end of 2011. · Monthly - from the January 2012.
Data collection	Exhaustively
Data validation	Not applicable.
Data compilation	The data are aggregated to the level of municipalities, districts and total for the country.
Adjustment	Not applicable.
Quality management
Quality assurance	Assurance of quality of the Survey on Accommodation Establishments in accordance with Quality management policy and Quality management programme of NSI.
Quality assessment	The results from the Survey accommodation establishment in the form of statistical estimates and distributions pass annually through an assessment of their quality. The estimate shall be formally published in the form of a quality report in Eurostat standardized form.
Relevance
User needs	The users are the Council of Ministers, Ministry of Tourism, the districts and municipalities authorities, tourist organizations, science organizations, international organizations and others.
User satisfaction	The users satisfaction survey is not carried out.
Completeness	All data according to Regulation 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European statistics on tourism are provided.
Data completeness - rate
Accuracy and reliability
Overall accuracy	The statistical survey is exhaustively.
Sampling error	Not applicable.
Sampling errors - indicators
Non-sampling error	Not applicable.
Coverage error
Over-coverage - rate
Common units - proportion
Measurement error
Non response error
Unit non-response - rate
Item non-response - rate
Processing error
Imputation - rate
Model assumption error
Seasonal adjustment
Data revision - policy	Not applicable.
Data revision - practice	Not applicable.
Data revision - average size
Timeliness and punctuality
Timeliness	The data are submitted to Eurostat 2 months after the reference months according to Commission implementing Regulation 1051/2011 implementing Regulation 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European statistics on tourism, as regards the structure of the quality reports and the transmission of the data.
Time lag - first results
Time lag - final results
Punctuality	The publication dates are observed.
Punctuality - delivery and publication
Coherence and comparability
Comparability - geographical	The data are elaborated according to the administrative structure of the Republic of Bulgaria as of 31.12. of reference year.
Asymmetry for mirror flows statistics - coefficient
Comparability - over time	The data are calculated by common methodology and are comparable by years.
Length of comparable time series
Coherence - cross domain	Not applicable.
Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics
Coherence - National Accounts
Coherence - internal	Not applicable.
Accessibility and clarity
News release	· Quarterly -till the end of 2011; · Monthly - from the January 2012.
Publications	· "Statistical yearbook" - annual publication; · "Statistical Reference Book " - annual publication; · Brochure "Bulgaria" - annual edition.
On-line database	Data on accommodation establishments are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading - Tourism - Accommodation Establishments: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/7060 and in information system - INFOSAT: Topic Business Statistics, Subtopic Tourism: https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=226
Data tables - consultations
Micro-data access	Micro data are not disseminated.
Other	The data from the Survey on Accommodation Establishments can be provided in other formats as an information service on request, according to the Rules for dissemination of statistical products and services by the NSI http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/564/.
Metadata - consultations
Documentation on methodology	Methodology of the survey
Metadata completeness – rate
Quality documentation	Not available
Cost and burden
Not applicable.
Confidentiality
Confidentiality - policy	· Law on Statistics; · Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:087:0164:0173:bg:PDF)
Confidentiality – data treatment	Individual data are not published in accordance with article 25 of the Law on Statistics. The publishing of individual data can be performed only in accordance with article 26 of the same law on Statistics and Rules for provision of anonymized individual data for scientific and research purposes (http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/575).
Comment

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Press releases

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11.03.2026	Accommodation establishments - January 2026	401 kb 208.11 kb
12.02.2026	Accommodation establishments - December 2025	426.98 kb 204.53 kb
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