August 29 (SeeNews) - The number of foreign tourists to Bulgaria in July rose 20.6% year-on-year to 1.1 million, statistics office data showed on Monday.
The largest number of foreign tourists came from Russia - 151,874, up 23.5% year-on-year, data released by the National Statistics Institute (NSI) indicated.
The second biggest group came from Germany - 143,308, up by an annual 7.8%, followed by Poland with 80,412 arrivals, up 36% on the year.
The total number of foreigners who visited Bulgaria in July was 1.87 million, 14.7% higher year-on-year. Of these, 268,665 visited friends or relatives or just transited the country, down more than two times on the year, and 94,850 came on business.