In March 2015, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 318.3 thousand or by 1.6% above the registered in March 2014. The trips with other purposes (as a guest, education and visit the cultural and sport events) in March 2015 composed the greatest share of the total number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad - 50.0%, followed by the trips with professional purpose - 28.2%, and with holiday and recreation purposes - 21.8%.
In March 2015, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 370.5 thousands or by 2.6% above the level of March 2014. An increase was registered in the trips with professional purpose and with other purposes by 23.1% and 9.5% respectively, while the trips with holiday and recreation purpose decreased by 11.8%.
