In March 2014, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 313.4 thousand or by 1.5% above the registered in March 2013. The trips with other purposes (as guest, education and visits to cultural and sport events) composed the greatest share of the total number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad - 44.5%, followed by the trips with holiday and recreation purposes - 29.0%, and with professional purposes - 26.5%.
In March 2014, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 361.1 thousand which was by 2.4% above the level of March 2013. An increase was registered in the visits with holiday and recreation purposes, and other purposes - by 4.4 and 2.1% respectively, while these with professional purposes decreased by 1.9%.
