In June 2013 the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 383.0 thousand or by 6.0% above the registered in June 2012. The trips with other purposes (as guest, education and visit the cultural and sport events) composed the greatest share of the total number of Bulgarian residents trips abroad - 42.9%, followed by the trips with holiday and recreation purposes - 34.6% and with professional purposes - 22.5%.
In June 2013, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 1 164.7 thousand which was by 4.3% above the level of June 2012. An increase was registered in the visits with holiday and recreation purposes - by 7.1% as well as in the trips with other purposes by 0.8%, while the professional visits decreased by 2.4%.
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