In the third quarter of 2012, 1 205 thousand Bulgarian residents made tourist trips. The majority part (83.2%) of them travelled only in the country, 12.9% - only abroad and 3.9% - both in the country and abroad. Compared to the same quarter of 2011 the number of the travelled persons aged 15 and older decreased by 20.8%, as a reduction was observed in the number of the Bulgarian residents travelled in the country - by 23.5%, as well as in the number of persons travelled abroad - by 4.2%. As regards the average expenditure per person in the country and abroad for private trips a decrease respectively by 20.4% and 34.5% was observed while for professional trips an increase by 80.1% and 42.0% was recorded.
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