Arrivals at tourist accommodation in Bulgaria

Bulgaria recorded 9,504,275 arrivals at tourist accommodation in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Arrivals at tourist accommodation Unit: Arrivals Data: 1990 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Bulgaria, 2025 9,504,275 Arrivals
Change from 2024 +5.8% 2024: 8,982,703 arrivals
European Union, 2025 1,103,070,016 arrivals Official aggregate
Position in 2025 22nd of 35 See the full ranking

Arrivals at tourist accommodation in Bulgaria over time

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Arrivals. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Arrivals at tourist accommodation (arrivals), 2001 to 2025
Period BulgariaEuropean Union
2025 9,504,275 arrivals 1,103,070,016 arrivals
2024 8,982,703 arrivals 1,054,184,092 arrivals
2023 8,640,448 arrivals 1,019,098,401 arrivals
2022 7,621,234 arrivals 928,018,061 arrivals
2021 5,647,634 arrivals 594,502,031 arrivals
2020 4,023,763 arrivals 467,053,993 arrivals
2019 8,187,634 arrivals 999,955,357 arrivals
2018 7,799,680 arrivals 969,154,463 arrivalse (estimated)
2017 7,461,646 arrivals 928,689,927 arrivalse (estimated)
2016 7,196,397 arrivals 876,966,946 arrivals
2015 6,279,036 arrivals 842,162,941 arrivals
2014 5,945,908 arrivals 798,455,534 arrivals
2013 5,847,289 arrivals 770,974,283 arrivals
2012 5,494,014 arrivals 751,062,897 arrivals
2011 4,936,967 arrivals 736,005,286 arrivals
2010 4,344,510 arrivals 703,217,148 arrivalse (estimated)
2009 4,340,663 arrivals 663,718,232 arrivalse (estimated)
2008 4,971,863 arrivals 697,383,570 arrivalse (estimated)
2007 4,764,255 arrivals –
2006 4,252,947 arrivals 666,433,693 arrivalse (estimated)
2005 3,829,429 arrivals 619,548,402 arrivals
2004 3,346,525 arrivals –
2003 2,972,644 arrivals –
2002 2,521,625 arrivals –
2001 2,232,433 arrivals –

Flags: e estimated . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +5.8% from 8,982,703 arrivals in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 6,279,036 arrivals, the figure has changed by +51.4%.
  • Among the 35 countries with data for 2025, Bulgaria has the 22nd highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 1,103,070,016 arrivals.

Source and dates

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
tour_occ_arnat · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A c_resid=TOTAL unit=NR nace_r2=I551-I553
Observation period
1990 to 2025 for Bulgaria
Provider update
12 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat