·INTERNATIONAL TOURISM - BULGARIATOURIST ARRIVALS FOR LEISURE & RECREATION

· (excl. children without own passports)

20

84

74

66

72

38

8

23

54

05

27

97

68

7

27

55

71

71

00

82

19

29

92

59

01

24

34

50

35

31

56

71

55

80

77

40

10

32

61

93

04

29

0

500000

1000000

1500000

2000000

2500000

3000000

3500000

4000000

4500000

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

All

European Union

Bulgarian Tourism Authority

INTERNATIONAL TOURISM - BULGARIATOURIST ARRIVALS FOR LEISURE & RECREATION – 2004

(in thousand)

223121

115102

10096

7975

585349

39

259565

707

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750

GREECE

GERMANY

UNITED KINGDOM

T.F.Y.R. MACEDONIA*

RUSSIA

SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO*

CZECH REPUBLIC

POLAND

SWEDEN

ISRAEL

SLOVAKIA

FINLAND

DENMARK

FRANCE

U.S.A

Bulgarian Tourism Authority

·*excluding "shuttle trade* from F.Y.R.O. Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro

ARRIVALS OF JAPANESE TOURISTS IN BULGARIA WITH PURPOSE OF VISIT LEISURE&RECREATION

Bulgarian Tourism Authority

36754247 4615

50235556

7333

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Tourist Arrivals

INTERNATIONAL TOURISM - BULGARIA BALANCE OF PAYMENTS (IN MILLION EURO)

881

496,2

1168,4

586,9

1084

509,6

1203,1

561,4

1460

661,1

1730

715

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Credit

Debit

Bulgarian Tourism Authority

UNESCO SITES

TRACIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE

VALLEY OF ROSES

BULGARIAN MONASTERIES

BULGARIA - LAND OF NEW DISCOVERIES

·Perperikon - a cradle of civilization before the Olympian gods existed

·The golden embossment mask ·of King Teres (440 - 480 BC)

BEACH HOLIDAYS

SKI VACATIONS

RURAL TOURISM

· SHARE OF TOURISM INDUSTRY IN GDP - 2004

· - INTERNATIONAL REVENUES – 9.0 %

· - INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC TOURISM - 12.5 %·  

· 2004· DIRECT EMPLOYMENT IN TOURISM - 170 000

· TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYED IN OTHER SECTORS RELATED TO TOURISM  - 400 000