site.btaInternational Tourism Revenues in Bulgaria Between January and November 2019 Amount to EUR 3.6 Bln

January 19 (BTA) - Revenues from international tourism in
 Bulgaria for the period January-November 2019 amount to 3.6
billion euro, according to Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) data
distributed by the Tourism Ministry press centre on Friday. The
numbers show an increase of 0.02 per cent compared to the same
period in 2018.

In November 2019 alone, revenue from foreign tourists exceeded
153 million euro, an increase of 6.7 per cent compared to the
same month of the previous year.

In November 2019, the number of foreign tourists increased by
7.5 per cent, with the number of foreign visits reaching
442,178. A total of 8,832,405 tourist visits to Bulgaria by
foreigners were registered between January and November 2019.

"The BNB's data on revenues from international tourism are
extremely good, they prove that the decline in tourism in 2019,
which was fraught with difficulties and international challenges
 for tourism, has been overcome," said Tourism Minister Nikolina
 Angelkova. RY/DT


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