Bulgaria's tourist overnights revenue up 12% y/y in April

Revenue from domestic tourists came in at 55.9 million levs, while foreign visitors contributed 29.7 million levs in the review month, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said in a statement.

The total number of tourist overnights slipped by 2% year-on-year to a little over 1.01 million in April. Overnights spent by foreigners totalled some 284,900.

In April, the total number of tourists who stayed in accommodation facilities in Bulgaria added 2.3% on the year to 481,900. Of them, 125,100 were foreign visitors, down 6.5% in annual terms, while Bulgarian nationals grew by 5.8% to 356,800, the NSI said.

(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)