In the first quarter of 2015, 578.8 thousand Bulgarian residents made tourist trips. The majority (83.5%) of them travelled only within the country, 13.8% - only abroad and 2.7% - both in the country and abroad. Compared to the same quarter of 2014 the total number of the travelled persons aged 15 and over decreased by 15.0%, as a reduction was observed in the number of the Bulgarian residents travelled in the country - by 15.9%, as well as in the number of persons travelled abroad by 9.1%.
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