January 28 (SeeNews) - The number of foreign tourists who visited Bulgaria in December rose by 92.4% year-on-year, reaching 475,100, the statistical office said on Friday.
Citizens of EU member states accounted for 41.9% of all arrivals of international visitors in the last month of 2021, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said in a monthly report on tourist numbers.
Citizens of Romania accounted for 38.4% of all visits of foreign tourists from EU member states, followed by Greece and Germany with 22.8% and 10.1%, respectively.
Arrivals from Turkey formed 55.5% of all visits of tourists from non-EU countries in Europe.
The number of people who visited friends or relatives in Bulgaria or just transited the country represented 61.4% of all arrivals of foreign nationals in the month under review. Vacation trips and business trips accounted for 25% and 13.6% of all international visitors' arrivals, respectively.