IUOTO- INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL STATISTICS
Source of Information : Comité des Loisirs et du Tourisme,
Ministère de l'Information et des Communications, Sofia
Method of Collection : Frontier check and Accommodation records
Definition : UN/IUOTO
Number of foreign visitor arrivals at frontiers and tourist nights in accommodation
by country of nationality

Page 1 BULGARIA

Country of
nationality

Accommodation Nights Frontier Arrivals
1972 1973 1972 1973

Austria
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
France
German Democratic Rep.
Germany, F.R.
reece
Hungary
Iran
Iraq
Italy
Jordan
Netherlands
Poland
Romania
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
U.S.A.
J.S.S.R. 1
Yugoslavia .
All other countries
Totals

161 795
86 079
3 172 151
260 547
1 900 519
1 695 790
35 544
246 307

33 598 38 328
10 957 11 279
375 661 360 175
53 864 58 114
170 259 164 073
163 O70 178 932
24 490 12 680
55 130 66 L433
21 397 26 463
4 598 12 569
49 779 52 239
10 426 9 859
95 228 16 206 16 157
355 108 146 930 206 142
T9 690 108 483 130 056
130 685 15 555 14 919
18 352 9 209 8 248
54 156 939 4hl 1 021 99k
299 525 Lo 557 L6 236
38 072 18 202 18 091
2 338 737 208 987 20k 398
203 803 416 453 490 143
357 825 104 736 100 268

121 749

120 091
851 999
78 998
139 638
25 534
52 576
306 336
38 126
155 193
158 515
320 924

11 928 4121 12 554 820 3 006 991 3247 796

Number of foreign visitor arrivals by mode of transport at point of entry
1972 1973
Road 1 664 257 1 997 946
Rail T14 525 714 458

Number of foreign visitor arrivals by main purpose of visit

1972 1973 1972 1973
Holiday/Recreation 1 298 546 1 358 612 Family 173 316 210 582
Business 208 555 220 408 Transit 1 309 850 1 L427 332
Average length of stay of foreign tourists in Bulgaria
1972 : 7.27 days 1973 : 7.50 days

VOL 27 - 1973