Monthly data

Table

ACCOMMODATION ESTABLISHMENTS BY STATISTICAL ZONES, STATISTICAL REGIONS AND BY DISTRICTS IN AUGUST 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	3 836	357 378	11 143 289	6 291 207	4 016 299	1 640 151	898 221	384 500 276	270 486 741
North and South-East Bulgaria	2 494	274 510	8 558 536	5 329 449	3 715 692	1 218 636	748 165	333 730 200	252 913 966
North-West region	275	10 647	331 313	87 085	9 607	44 926	6 937	3 684 470	418 369
Vidin	29	998	32 514	8 757	1 710	6 469	1 443	383 922	87 252
Vratsa	40	1 444	44 764	9 808	1 085	5 287	642	322 498	51 528
Lovech	136	4 760	147 240	41 439	2 076	18 107	1 288	2 067 997	98 892
Montana	39	1 597	49 507	13 772	1 374	6 159	1 114	456 203	53 807
Pleven	31	1 848	57 288	13 309	3 362	8 904	2 450	453 850	126 890
North Central region	360	12 906	401 140	94 259	22 674	51 645	15 183	3 529 822	1 006 773
Veliko Tarnovo	178	5 679	176 049	42 412	11 576	24 357	8 159	1 592 176	546 289
Gabrovo	72	3 396	105 896	22 206	1 561	9 641	680	773 086	62 612
Razgrad	20	740	22 940	5 361	939	2 405	434	197 339	36 242
Ruse	61	2 250	70 184	19 817	8 124	12 664	5 637	793 180	338 858
Silistra	29	841	26 071	4 463	474	2 578	273	174 041	22 772
North-East region	657	91 727	2 857 735	1 951 149	1 525 051	442 914	317 198	130 519 105	108 879 036
Varna	379	63 127	1 967 663	1 382 467	1 134 542	310 193	237 803	91 236 181	79 117 653
Dobrich	192	26 340	820 012	555 635	387 897	125 024	78 242	38 788 432	29 671 306
Targovishte	15	645	19 995	3 955	1 217	2 328	396	163 261	35 901
Shumen	71	1 615	50 065	9 092	1 395	5 369	757	331 231	54 176
South-East region	1 202	159 230	4 968 348	3 196 956	2 158 360	679 151	408 847	195 996 803	142 609 788
Burgas	1 057	150 752	4 703 050	3 100 908	2 147 723	643 592	404 804	190 862 012	142 062 606
Sliven	54	1 837	56 947	11 734	2 648	6 314	824	477 573	146 626
Stara Zagora	72	5 917	185 907	79 408	6 517	27 481	2 839	4 467 022	331 878
Yambol	19	724	22 444	4 906	1 472	1 764	380	190 196	68 678
South-West and South Central Bulgaria	1 342	82 868	2 584 753	961 758	300 607	421 515	150 056	50 770 076	17 572 775
South-West region	571	44 875	1 394 845	523 727	226 797	241 396	113 081	30 446 040	13 939 369
Blagoevgrad	203	16 551	513 081	186 652	42 451	72 944	17 687	12 372 825	2 935 284
Kyustendil	91	3 217	103 447	30 744	3 632	16 465	2 347	1 624 464	213 123
Pernik	10	493	15 283	4 616	1 159	2 511	764	159 798	47 499
Sofia	87	6 851	212 381	76 289	13 061	28 852	5 390	3 485 691	856 710
Sofia (stolitsa)	180	17 763	550 653	225 426	166 494	120 624	86 893	12 803 262	9 886 753
South Central region	771	37 993	1 189 908	438 031	73 810	180 119	36 975	20 324 036	3 633 406
Kаrdzhali	74	2 263	70 126	19 229	1 557	11 378	1 031	897 036	63 384
Pazardzhik	137	8 389	268 057	130 615	7 467	45 570	2 031	6 801 682	465 121
Plovdiv	250	13 284	415 958	150 514	38 453	66 980	19 146	6 576 815	1 740 842
Smolyan	213	9 675	299 925	99 612	4 682	35 909	2 046	4 240 693	220 039
Haskovo	97	4 382	135 842	38 061	21 651	20 282	12 721	1 807 810	1 144 020
¹In use

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Data - BGN

Table

ACCOMMODATION ESTABLISHMENTS BY STATISTICAL ZONES, STATISTICAL REGIONS AND BY DISTRICTS IN AUGUST 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	3 836	357 378	11 143 289	6 291 207	4 016 299	1 640 151	898 221	752 017 175	529 026 083
North and South-East Bulgaria	2 494	274 510	8 558 536	5 329 449	3 715 692	1 218 636	748 165	652 719 537	494 656 722
North-West region	275	10 647	331 313	87 085	9 607	44 926	6 937	7 206 197	818 259
Vidin	29	998	32 514	8 757	1 710	6 469	1 443	750 886	170 650
Vratsa	40	1 444	44 764	9 808	1 085	5 287	642	630 751	100 780
Lovech	136	4 760	147 240	41 439	2 076	18 107	1 288	4 044 651	193 416
Montana	39	1 597	49 507	13 772	1 374	6 159	1 114	892 256	105 237
Pleven	31	1 848	57 288	13 309	3 362	8 904	2 450	887 653	248 175
North Central region	360	12 906	401 140	94 259	22 674	51 645	15 183	6 903 732	1 969 077
Veliko Tarnovo	178	5 679	176 049	42 412	11 576	24 357	8 159	3 114 026	1 068 448
Gabrovo	72	3 396	105 896	22 206	1 561	9 641	680	1 512 025	122 458
Razgrad	20	740	22 940	5 361	939	2 405	434	385 962	70 883
Ruse	61	2 250	70 184	19 817	8 124	12 664	5 637	1 551 325	662 749
Silistra	29	841	26 071	4 463	474	2 578	273	340 395	44 538
North-East region	657	91 727	2 857 735	1 951 149	1 525 051	442 914	317 198	255 273 181	212 948 885
Varna	379	63 127	1 967 663	1 382 467	1 134 542	310 193	237 803	178 442 460	154 740 679
Dobrich	192	26 340	820 012	555 635	387 897	125 024	78 242	75 863 579	58 032 030
Targovishte	15	645	19 995	3 955	1 217	2 328	396	319 311	70 216
Shumen	71	1 615	50 065	9 092	1 395	5 369	757	647 832	105 959
South-East region	1 202	159 230	4 968 348	3 196 956	2 158 360	679 151	408 847	383 336 427	278 920 502
Burgas	1 057	150 752	4 703 050	3 100 908	2 147 723	643 592	404 804	373 293 649	277 850 307
Sliven	54	1 837	56 947	11 734	2 648	6 314	824	934 052	286 776
Stara Zagora	72	5 917	185 907	79 408	6 517	27 481	2 839	8 736 736	649 097
Yambol	19	724	22 444	4 906	1 472	1 764	380	371 991	134 322
South-West and South Central Bulgaria	1 342	82 868	2 584 753	961 758	300 607	421 515	150 056	99 297 638	34 369 361
South-West region	571	44 875	1 394 845	523 727	226 797	241 396	113 081	59 547 278	27 263 036
Blagoevgrad	203	16 551	513 081	186 652	42 451	72 944	17 687	24 199 142	5 740 917
Kyustendil	91	3 217	103 447	30 744	3 632	16 465	2 347	3 177 175	416 832
Pernik	10	493	15 283	4 616	1 159	2 511	764	312 538	92 900
Sofia	87	6 851	212 381	76 289	13 061	28 852	5 390	6 817 419	1 675 579
Sofia (stolitsa)	180	17 763	550 653	225 426	166 494	120 624	86 893	25 041 004	19 336 808
South Central region	771	37 993	1 189 908	438 031	73 810	180 119	36 975	39 750 359	7 106 324
Kаrdzhali	74	2 263	70 126	19 229	1 557	11 378	1 031	1 754 450	123 968
Pazardzhik	137	8 389	268 057	130 615	7 467	45 570	2 031	13 302 934	909 698
Plovdiv	250	13 284	415 958	150 514	38 453	66 980	19 146	12 863 132	3 404 791
Smolyan	213	9 675	299 925	99 612	4 682	35 909	2 046	8 294 075	430 359
Haskovo	97	4 382	135 842	38 061	21 651	20 282	12 721	3 535 769	2 237 509
¹In use
* 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.

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Time series

TUR_2.1.1_EUR_en.xlsx

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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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