Bulgaria Tourism Statistics 1995-2025

International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Bulgaria tourism statistics for 2020 was $1.79B, a 62.91% decline from 2019.
  • Bulgaria tourism statistics for 2019 was $4.83B, a 4.52% decline from 2018.
  • Bulgaria tourism statistics for 2018 was $5.06B, a 8.54% increase from 2017.
  • Bulgaria tourism statistics for 2017 was $4.66B, a 12.42% increase from 2016.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name Spending ($)
Thailand $15.36B
Turkey $13.77B
Mexico $11.45B
Russia $4.96B
Malaysia $3.39B
Brazil $3.10B
South Africa $2.72B
Lebanon $2.37B
Colombia $1.96B
Bulgaria $1.79B
Jordan $1.75B
Romania $1.61B
Costa Rica $1.48B
Serbia $1.42B
Maldives $1.41B
Albania $1.24B
Cuba $1.15B
Peru $1.00B
Iraq $0.96B
Ecuador $0.71B
Kazakhstan $0.59B
Belarus $0.54B
Mauritius $0.52B
Bosnia $0.44B
Azerbaijan $0.34B
Armenia $0.30B
Guatemala $0.30B
North Macedonia $0.25B
Fiji $0.24B
Botswana $0.22B
Montenegro $0.18B
Namibia $0.16B
Paraguay $0.10B
St. Vincent and the Grenadines $0.09B
Algeria $0.05B
Tonga $0.05B
Samoa $0.02B
Suriname $0.02B
Bulgaria Tourism Statistics - Historical Data
Year Spending ($) % of Exports
2020 $1.79B 4.53%
2019 $4.83B 10.97%
2018 $5.06B 11.63%
2017 $4.66B 11.69%
2016 $4.15B 12.02%
2015 $3.57B 10.99%
2014 $4.52B 12.24%
2013 $4.41B 12.26%
2012 $3.98B 12.17%
2011 $4.30B 12.63%
2010 $3.81B 15.05%
2009 $4.27B 18.37%
2008 $4.85B 15.94%
2007 $4.18B 15.90%
2006 $3.32B 16.27%
2005 $3.06B 18.96%
2004 $2.80B 20.06%
2003 $2.05B 20.46%
2002 $1.39B 18.46%
2001 $1.26B 17.41%
2000 $1.36B 19.49%
1999 $1.18B 20.43%
1998 $1.15B 19.23%
1997 $0.52B 10.73%
1996 $0.54B 8.65%
1995 $0.66B 9.77%