Monthly data

Table

ACCOMMODATION ESTABLISHMENTS BY STATISTICAL ZONES, STATISTICAL REGIONS AND BY DISTRICTS IN MAY 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	2 648	243 866	7 453 541	1 570 764	771 425	676 990	274 214	82 724 621	42 625 512
North and South-East Bulgaria	1 393	165 069	5 000 886	885 236	514 973	333 881	150 715	44 017 631	26 090 121
North-West region	258	10 336	323 246	66 721	8 319	36 861	3 843	2 667 119	322 217
Vidin	29	974	33 294	8 375	1 614	5 589	872	360 181	72 433
Vratsa	40	1 454	45 074	10 424	1 118	5 545	458	314 504	39 680
Lovech	124	4 529	140 129	21 345	960	11 393	526	1 091 691	46 141
Montana	36	1 571	48 701	10 166	1 113	5 219	600	364 021	41 185
Pleven	29	1 808	56 048	16 411	3 514	9 115	1 387	536 722	122 778
North Central region	342	12 884	399 397	84 375	18 764	50 042	12 003	3 230 453	905 529
Veliko Tarnovo	167	5 673	175 863	38 642	10 595	23 807	7 492	1 478 494	498 595
Gabrovo	66	3 206	99 386	15 380	1 208	8 520	618	544 836	54 493
Razgrad	19	726	22 506	4 598	875	2 458	359	175 095	42 258
Ruse	62	2 442	75 695	21 234	5 614	12 436	3 253	851 503	286 225
Silistra	28	837	25 947	4 521	472	2 821	281	180 525	23 958
North-East region	402	62 744	1 935 766	328 921	237 603	117 803	72 257	18 641 828	14 098 652
Varna	224	46 184	1 422 406	230 650	171 867	84 092	54 580	12 956 648	10 007 473
Dobrich	94	14 434	447 454	85 646	64 057	26 470	16 780	5 196 836	4 020 762
Targovishte	13	529	16 399	3 062	506	2 092	291	134 641	27 188
Shumen	71	1 597	49 507	9 563	1 173	5 149	606	353 703	43 229
South-East region	391	79 105	2 342 477	405 219	250 287	129 175	62 612	19 478 231	10 763 723
Burgas	253	70 468	2 074 730	326 319	241 592	96 309	59 109	15 251 375	10 312 466
Sliven	48	1 584	49 104	8 552	1 957	5 193	810	364 157	105 627
Stara Zagora	73	6 377	197 687	67 725	6 223	26 086	2 444	3 758 610	319 858
Yambol	17	676	20 956	2 623	515	1 587	249	104 089	25 772
South-West and South Central Bulgaria	1 255	78 797	2 452 655	685 528	256 452	343 109	123 499	38 706 990	16 535 391
South-West region	524	42 625	1 323 235	397 100	199 554	196 713	90 448	25 598 613	13 675 066
Blagoevgrad	176	14 828	459 668	94 667	15 062	45 263	6 858	6 916 442	1 055 722
Kyustendil	74	2 624	83 204	15 369	2 118	9 732	1 181	819 958	110 002
Pernik	9	467	14 477	4 202	646	2 407	321	159 984	32 275
Sofia	86	7 091	219 821	43 110	11 715	19 124	4 114	2 067 511	563 352
Sofia (stolitsa)	179	17 615	546 065	239 752	170 013	120 187	77 974	15 634 718	11 913 715
South Central region	731	36 172	1 129 420	288 428	56 898	146 396	33 051	13 108 377	2 860 325
Kаrdzhali	75	2 211	68 541	11 224	1 001	8 024	623	481 433	43 677
Pazardzhik	127	8 263	260 555	77 004	4 468	33 075	1 507	3 799 755	261 950
Plovdiv	244	13 272	415 214	128 950	33 602	67 437	18 951	5 745 849	1 545 832
Smolyan	186	7 982	247 346	39 398	1 864	18 440	1 044	1 541 528	85 636
Haskovo	99	4 444	137 764	31 852	15 963	19 420	10 926	1 539 812	923 230
¹In use

10.07.2026

Data - BGN

Table

ACCOMMODATION ESTABLISHMENTS BY STATISTICAL ZONES, STATISTICAL REGIONS AND BY DISTRICTS IN MAY 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	2 648	243 866	7 453 541	1 570 764	771 425	676 990	274 214	161 795 295	83 368 255
North and South-East Bulgaria	1 393	165 069	5 000 886	885 236	514 973	333 881	150 715	86 091 003	51 027 841
North-West region	258	10 336	323 246	66 721	8 319	36 861	3 843	5 216 431	630 202
Vidin	29	974	33 294	8 375	1 614	5 589	872	704 453	141 667
Vratsa	40	1 454	45 074	10 424	1 118	5 545	458	615 116	77 607
Lovech	124	4 529	140 129	21 345	960	11 393	526	2 135 162	90 244
Montana	36	1 571	48 701	10 166	1 113	5 219	600	711 963	80 551
Pleven	29	1 808	56 048	16 411	3 514	9 115	1 387	1 049 737	240 133
North Central region	342	12 884	399 397	84 375	18 764	50 042	12 003	6 318 217	1 771 061
Veliko Tarnovo	167	5 673	175 863	38 642	10 595	23 807	7 492	2 891 683	975 167
Gabrovo	66	3 206	99 386	15 380	1 208	8 520	618	1 065 607	106 579
Razgrad	19	726	22 506	4 598	875	2 458	359	342 456	82 649
Ruse	62	2 442	75 695	21 234	5 614	12 436	3 253	1 665 395	559 807
Silistra	28	837	25 947	4 521	472	2 821	281	353 076	46 858
North-East region	402	62 744	1 935 766	328 921	237 603	117 803	72 257	36 460 246	27 574 567
Varna	224	46 184	1 422 406	230 650	171 867	84 092	54 580	25 341 001	19 572 916
Dobrich	94	14 434	447 454	85 646	64 057	26 470	16 780	10 164 128	7 863 927
Targovishte	13	529	16 399	3 062	506	2 092	291	263 335	53 175
Shumen	71	1 597	49 507	9 563	1 173	5 149	606	691 783	84 549
South-East region	391	79 105	2 342 477	405 219	250 287	129 175	62 612	38 096 109	21 052 012
Burgas	253	70 468	2 074 730	326 319	241 592	96 309	59 109	29 829 097	20 169 430
Sliven	48	1 584	49 104	8 552	1 957	5 193	810	712 229	206 588
Stara Zagora	73	6 377	197 687	67 725	6 223	26 086	2 444	7 351 202	625 588
Yambol	17	676	20 956	2 623	515	1 587	249	203 580	50 406
South-West and South Central Bulgaria	1 255	78 797	2 452 655	685 528	256 452	343 109	123 499	75 704 292	32 340 414
South-West region	524	42 625	1 323 235	397 100	199 554	196 713	90 448	50 066 535	26 746 104
Blagoevgrad	176	14 828	459 668	94 667	15 062	45 263	6 858	13 527 385	2 064 813
Kyustendil	74	2 624	83 204	15 369	2 118	9 732	1 181	1 603 698	215 145
Pernik	9	467	14 477	4 202	646	2 407	321	312 902	63 124
Sofia	86	7 091	219 821	43 110	11 715	19 124	4 114	4 043 700	1 101 821
Sofia (stolitsa)	179	17 615	546 065	239 752	170 013	120 187	77 974	30 578 851	23 301 201
South Central region	731	36 172	1 129 420	288 428	56 898	146 396	33 051	25 637 757	5 594 309
Kаrdzhali	75	2 211	68 541	11 224	1 001	8 024	623	941 601	85 425
Pazardzhik	127	8 263	260 555	77 004	4 468	33 075	1 507	7 431 675	512 330
Plovdiv	244	13 272	415 214	128 950	33 602	67 437	18 951	11 237 904	3 023 385
Smolyan	186	7 982	247 346	39 398	1 864	18 440	1 044	3 014 967	167 489
Haskovo	99	4 444	137 764	31 852	15 963	19 420	10 926	3 011 611	1 805 681
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.

10.07.2026

Time series

TUR_2.1.1_EUR_en.xlsx

TUR_2.1.1_BGN_en.xlsx

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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11.06.2026	Accommodation establishments - April 2026	394.85 kb 215.31 kb
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