Monthly data

Table

ACCOMMODATION ESTABLISHMENTS BY STATISTICAL ZONES, STATISTICAL REGIONS AND BY DISTRICTS IN JUNE 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	3 345	327 352	9 867 828	3 692 086	2 484 922	1 062 801	563 103	197 969 945	138 869 198
North and South-East Bulgaria	2 067	247 340	7 453 508	3 007 163	2 235 694	725 329	442 934	158 937 777	121 948 977
North-West region	261	10 514	315 764	68 097	8 466	38 953	5 305	2 831 859	359 125
Vidin	28	974	29 820	6 980	1 159	5 152	983	294 146	54 385
Vratsa	40	1 460	43 800	9 736	1 063	5 419	513	322 826	45 930
Lovech	125	4 688	140 384	22 641	1 116	12 312	772	1 220 750	51 761
Montana	38	1 587	47 610	11 684	1 232	4 973	729	407 093	47 229
Pleven	30	1 805	54 150	17 056	3 896	11 097	2 308	587 044	159 820
North Central region	350	13 216	397 080	83 369	21 734	51 433	14 053	3 195 870	1 026 233
Veliko Tarnovo	170	5 761	172 830	36 903	10 666	23 534	7 562	1 401 030	487 211
Gabrovo	70	3 463	104 490	18 811	1 937	10 770	1 170	660 610	106 405
Razgrad	20	742	22 260	4 031	937	2 193	447	152 963	40 131
Ruse	62	2 414	72 420	19 479	7 790	12 175	4 591	820 604	376 419
Silistra	28	836	25 080	4 145	404	2 761	283	160 663	16 067
North-East region	592	87 003	2 624 070	1 098 722	900 145	256 258	182 567	61 247 181	51 496 779
Varna	332	60 155	1 814 070	785 051	670 961	179 947	136 736	41 686 223	36 325 366
Dobrich	173	24 539	740 730	299 538	226 983	68 684	44 886	19 045 554	15 080 827
Targovishte	14	629	18 870	3 782	442	2 172	222	146 748	26 704
Shumen	73	1 680	50 400	10 351	1 759	5 455	723	368 656	63 882
South-East region	864	136 607	4 116 594	1 756 975	1 305 349	378 685	241 009	91 662 867	69 066 840
Burgas	723	127 753	3 845 604	1 679 239	1 291 890	346 250	235 264	87 548 428	68 301 492
Sliven	47	1 727	52 860	7 971	1 700	5 109	880	345 011	93 674
Stara Zagora	76	6 433	197 310	66 749	11 403	25 411	4 628	3 650 241	655 699
Yambol	18	694	20 820	3 016	356	1 915	237	119 187	15 975
South-West and South Central Bulgaria	1 278	80 012	2 414 320	684 923	249 228	337 472	120 169	39 032 168	16 920 221
South-West region	542	43 564	1 310 520	390 161	186 984	199 845	89 531	25 719 324	13 524 476
Blagoevgrad	187	15 646	469 380	95 431	21 610	45 882	9 596	6 915 008	1 482 868
Kyustendil	79	2 805	87 750	19 243	3 086	10 969	1 767	960 542	181 011
Pernik	9	437	13 110	5 201	1 721	2 594	626	202 292	74 330
Sofia	86	7 013	210 390	43 885	5 105	22 642	2 752	2 428 676	364 011
Sofia (stolitsa)	181	17 663	529 890	226 401	155 462	117 758	74 790	15 212 806	11 422 256
South Central region	736	36 448	1 103 800	294 762	62 244	137 627	30 638	13 312 844	3 395 745
Kаrdzhali	75	2 241	67 230	12 347	1 255	7 795	934	557 139	59 139
Pazardzhik	132	8 316	256 020	78 517	8 137	29 802	1 840	3 574 365	404 240
Plovdiv	242	13 072	396 300	127 368	35 669	64 237	17 932	6 005 423	1 968 447
Smolyan	188	8 366	250 660	44 819	2 159	19 196	1 126	1 699 957	89 178
Haskovo	99	4 453	133 590	31 711	15 024	16 597	8 806	1 475 960	874 741
¹In use

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Data - BGN

Table

ACCOMMODATION ESTABLISHMENTS BY STATISTICAL ZONES, STATISTICAL REGIONS AND BY DISTRICTS IN JUNE 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	3 345	327 352	9 867 828	3 692 086	2 484 922	1 062 801	563 103	387 195 558	271 604 544
North and South-East Bulgaria	2 067	247 340	7 453 508	3 007 163	2 235 694	725 329	442 934	310 855 272	238 511 468
North-West region	261	10 514	315 764	68 097	8 466	38 953	5 305	5 538 635	702 387
Vidin	28	974	29 820	6 980	1 159	5 152	983	575 300	106 368
Vratsa	40	1 460	43 800	9 736	1 063	5 419	513	631 393	89 831
Lovech	125	4 688	140 384	22 641	1 116	12 312	772	2 387 579	101 236
Montana	38	1 587	47 610	11 684	1 232	4 973	729	796 205	92 372
Pleven	30	1 805	54 150	17 056	3 896	11 097	2 308	1 148 158	312 581
North Central region	350	13 216	397 080	83 369	21 734	51 433	14 053	6 250 578	2 007 137
Veliko Tarnovo	170	5 761	172 830	36 903	10 666	23 534	7 562	2 740 177	952 902
Gabrovo	70	3 463	104 490	18 811	1 937	10 770	1 170	1 292 041	208 110
Razgrad	20	742	22 260	4 031	937	2 193	447	299 170	78 489
Ruse	62	2 414	72 420	19 479	7 790	12 175	4 591	1 604 962	736 212
Silistra	28	836	25 080	4 145	404	2 761	283	314 230	31 424
North-East region	592	87 003	2 624 070	1 098 722	900 145	256 258	182 567	119 789 074	100 718 945
Varna	332	60 155	1 814 070	785 051	670 961	179 947	136 736	81 531 166	71 046 241
Dobrich	173	24 539	740 730	299 538	226 983	68 684	44 886	37 249 866	29 495 534
Targovishte	14	629	18 870	3 782	442	2 172	222	287 014	52 228
Shumen	73	1 680	50 400	10 351	1 759	5 455	723	721 028	124 942
South-East region	864	136 607	4 116 594	1 756 975	1 305 349	378 685	241 009	179 276 985	135 082 998
Burgas	723	127 753	3 845 604	1 679 239	1 291 890	346 250	235 264	171 229 842	133 586 107
Sliven	47	1 727	52 860	7 971	1 700	5 109	880	674 783	183 210
Stara Zagora	76	6 433	197 310	66 749	11 403	25 411	4 628	7 139 251	1 282 436
Yambol	18	694	20 820	3 016	356	1 915	237	233 110	31 244
South-West and South Central Bulgaria	1 278	80 012	2 414 320	684 923	249 228	337 472	120 169	76 340 285	33 093 076
South-West region	542	43 564	1 310 520	390 161	186 984	199 845	89 531	50 302 625	26 451 576
Blagoevgrad	187	15 646	469 380	95 431	21 610	45 882	9 596	13 524 580	2 900 238
Kyustendil	79	2 805	87 750	19 243	3 086	10 969	1 767	1 878 657	354 027
Pernik	9	437	13 110	5 201	1 721	2 594	626	395 649	145 377
Sofia	86	7 013	210 390	43 885	5 105	22 642	2 752	4 750 077	711 944
Sofia (stolitsa)	181	17 663	529 890	226 401	155 462	117 758	74 790	29 753 662	22 339 991
South Central region	736	36 448	1 103 800	294 762	62 244	137 627	30 638	26 037 660	6 641 500
Kаrdzhali	75	2 241	67 230	12 347	1 255	7 795	934	1 089 669	115 666
Pazardzhik	132	8 316	256 020	78 517	8 137	29 802	1 840	6 990 850	790 625
Plovdiv	242	13 072	396 300	127 368	35 669	64 237	17 932	11 745 586	3 849 948
Smolyan	188	8 366	250 660	44 819	2 159	19 196	1 126	3 324 827	174 417
Haskovo	99	4 453	133 590	31 711	15 024	16 597	8 806	2 886 727	1 710 845
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.

12.08.2026

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.
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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