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11.3% more Bulgarians travelled abroad in November, NSI data show

published on 12/27/24 4:36 PM

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The number of Bulgarians who travelled abroad in November this year increased by 11.3 per cent compared with the same month last year, the National Statistical Institute said.

638 600 nationals travelled internationally. Most of them, 193 200, visited Turkiye. Other popular destinations were Greece, Serbia, Romania, Germany, Italy, Austria, North Macedonia, the United Kingdom and Spain.

In the same month, 711,900 foreigners visited the country, which is 2.5% more than last November. 47.2% of them were European Union citizens. Visitors from the EU came mainly from Romania (42.7%) and Greece (25%).

Travellers from "other European countries" accounted for 43.8% of all visits (311.6 thousand), half of which (157.4 thousand) were from citizens of Turkiye.

The largest numbers of visitors to Bulgaria came from Turkiye, Romania, Greece, Ukraine, Serbia, North Macedonia, Germany, Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom.

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