Monthly data

Table

ACCOMMODATION ESTABLISHMENTS BY STATISTICAL ZONES, STATISTICAL REGIONS AND BY DISTRICTS IN APRIL 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	2 317	155 235	4 672 530	1 041 412	309 495	495 483	140 648	57 756 338	19 965 158
North and South-East Bulgaria	1 126	76 570	2 300 580	391 070	114 194	185 954	45 698	20 016 926	6 670 318
North-West region	248	10 017	302 910	61 914	6 605	32 686	2 882	2 654 766	278 693
Vidin	28	974	31 620	7 199	1 223	4 587	686	320 207	58 287
Vratsa	39	1 352	40 560	9 336	924	5 034	392	292 750	41 243
Lovech	118	4 378	131 340	21 414	1 051	10 626	533	1 207 584	42 215
Montana	32	1 469	44 070	8 859	656	4 147	339	298 211	26 515
Pleven	31	1 844	55 320	15 106	2 751	8 292	932	536 014	110 433
North Central region	326	12 547	377 010	74 884	13 779	42 178	8 462	2 918 175	652 110
Veliko Tarnovo	156	5 401	162 030	34 374	7 271	19 797	5 000	1 317 775	343 910
Gabrovo	67	3 284	99 120	16 590	990	7 947	416	620 968	37 413
Razgrad	20	711	21 330	3 856	735	2 004	301	153 342	39 479
Ruse	57	2 358	70 740	16 207	4 415	10 186	2 554	664 790	212 475
Silistra	26	793	23 790	3 857	368	2 244	191	161 300	18 833
North-East region	314	33 898	1 017 420	142 577	75 279	60 130	26 641	7 944 052	4 690 728
Varna	164	21 009	630 750	87 385	51 955	37 109	18 076	4 913 644	3 236 029
Dobrich	70	10 770	323 100	45 071	21 869	17 469	7 855	2 648 597	1 391 281
Targovishte	14	545	16 350	2 366	452	1 573	234	113 290	24 949
Shumen	66	1 574	47 220	7 755	1 003	3 979	476	268 521	38 469
South-East region	238	20 108	603 240	111 695	18 531	50 960	7 713	6 499 933	1 048 787
Burgas	103	11 526	345 780	44 137	11 636	21 670	5 316	2 280 383	711 280
Sliven	48	1 577	47 310	6 549	1 570	3 649	471	281 742	79 062
Stara Zagora	72	6 355	190 650	58 236	5 061	24 164	1 797	3 816 016	244 560
Yambol	15	650	19 500	2 773	264	1 477	129	121 792	13 885
South-West and South Central Bulgaria	1 191	78 665	2 371 950	650 342	195 301	309 529	94 950	37 739 412	13 294 840
South-West region	516	43 332	1 303 560	365 853	154 116	176 316	70 904	24 394 053	11 066 207
Blagoevgrad	176	15 662	469 860	112 880	15 064	47 425	6 244	8 448 455	1 012 255
Kyustendil	69	2 580	81 000	15 573	1 385	9 452	841	869 766	89 737
Pernik	8	415	12 450	3 686	976	1 692	337	148 034	49 060
Sofia	83	7 052	211 560	39 186	3 375	18 710	1 710	2 099 005	253 275
Sofia (stolitsa)	180	17 623	528 690	194 528	133 316	99 037	61 772	12 828 793	9 661 880
South Central region	675	35 333	1 068 390	284 489	41 185	133 213	24 046	13 345 359	2 228 633
Kаrdzhali	68	2 092	62 760	10 582	723	6 760	486	440 355	34 752
Pazardzhik	117	7 983	243 930	80 384	3 018	33 086	1 204	4 372 097	194 294
Plovdiv	234	13 106	397 140	119 198	23 370	58 029	12 715	5 530 941	1 206 327
Smolyan	163	7 848	235 440	46 448	1 557	19 036	631	1 708 382	63 703
Haskovo	93	4 304	129 120	27 877	12 517	16 302	9 010	1 293 584	729 557
¹In use

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Data - BGN

Table

ACCOMMODATION ESTABLISHMENTS BY STATISTICAL ZONES, STATISTICAL REGIONS AND BY DISTRICTS IN APRIL 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	2 317	155 235	4 672 530	1 041 412	309 495	495 483	140 648	112 961 579	39 048 455
North and South-East Bulgaria	1 126	76 570	2 300 580	391 070	114 194	185 954	45 698	39 149 704	13 046 008
North-West region	248	10 017	302 910	61 914	6 605	32 686	2 882	5 192 271	545 076
Vidin	28	974	31 620	7 199	1 223	4 587	686	626 270	113 999
Vratsa	39	1 352	40 560	9 336	924	5 034	392	572 569	80 664
Lovech	118	4 378	131 340	21 414	1 051	10 626	533	2 361 829	82 565
Montana	32	1 469	44 070	8 859	656	4 147	339	583 250	51 859
Pleven	31	1 844	55 320	15 106	2 751	8 292	932	1 048 352	215 988
North Central region	326	12 547	377 010	74 884	13 779	42 178	8 462	5 707 454	1 275 416
Veliko Tarnovo	156	5 401	162 030	34 374	7 271	19 797	5 000	2 577 344	672 629
Gabrovo	67	3 284	99 120	16 590	990	7 947	416	1 214 508	73 173
Razgrad	20	711	21 330	3 856	735	2 004	301	299 911	77 214
Ruse	57	2 358	70 740	16 207	4 415	10 186	2 554	1 300 216	415 565
Silistra	26	793	23 790	3 857	368	2 244	191	315 475	36 834
North-East region	314	33 898	1 017 420	142 577	75 279	60 130	26 641	15 537 215	9 174 267
Varna	164	21 009	630 750	87 385	51 955	37 109	18 076	9 610 252	6 329 123
Dobrich	70	10 770	323 100	45 071	21 869	17 469	7 855	5 180 205	2 721 109
Targovishte	14	545	16 350	2 366	452	1 573	234	221 576	48 796
Shumen	66	1 574	47 220	7 755	1 003	3 979	476	525 181	75 239
South-East region	238	20 108	603 240	111 695	18 531	50 960	7 713	12 712 764	2 051 249
Burgas	103	11 526	345 780	44 137	11 636	21 670	5 316	4 460 041	1 391 143
Sliven	48	1 577	47 310	6 549	1 570	3 649	471	551 039	154 632
Stara Zagora	72	6 355	190 650	58 236	5 061	24 164	1 797	7 463 479	478 318
Yambol	15	650	19 500	2 773	264	1 477	129	238 204	27 157
South-West and South Central Bulgaria	1 191	78 665	2 371 950	650 342	195 301	309 529	94 950	73 811 874	26 002 447
South-West region	516	43 332	1 303 560	365 853	154 116	176 316	70 904	47 710 621	21 643 620
Blagoevgrad	176	15 662	469 860	112 880	15 064	47 425	6 244	16 523 742	1 979 799
Kyustendil	69	2 580	81 000	15 573	1 385	9 452	841	1 701 114	175 510
Pernik	8	415	12 450	3 686	976	1 692	337	289 529	95 953
Sofia	83	7 052	211 560	39 186	3 375	18 710	1 710	4 105 297	495 363
Sofia (stolitsa)	180	17 623	528 690	194 528	133 316	99 037	61 772	25 090 938	18 896 995
South Central region	675	35 333	1 068 390	284 489	41 185	133 213	24 046	26 101 253	4 358 827
Kаrdzhali	68	2 092	62 760	10 582	723	6 760	486	861 260	67 969
Pazardzhik	117	7 983	243 930	80 384	3 018	33 086	1 204	8 551 078	380 006
Plovdiv	234	13 106	397 140	119 198	23 370	58 029	12 715	10 817 580	2 359 371
Smolyan	163	7 848	235 440	46 448	1 557	19 036	631	3 341 305	124 592
Haskovo	93	4 304	129 120	27 877	12 517	16 302	9 010	2 530 030	1 426 889
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

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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.
Comment

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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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