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Industry Report Travel Agency, Tour Operator and Other Reservation Service and Related Activities 2018 BULGARIA Industry Report Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities 2018 BULGARIA seenews.com/reports This industry report is part of your subcription access to SeeNews | seenews.com/subscription CONTENTS I. KEY INDICATORS II. INTRODUCTION III. REVENUES IV. EXPENSES V. PROFITABILITY VI. EMPLOYMENT 1 SeeNews Industry Report In 2017 there were a total of 1,934 companies operating in the I. KEY INDICATORS industry. In 2016 their number totalled 1,962. The Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation NUMBER OF COMPANIES IN TRAVEL AGENCY, TOUR OPERATOR service and related activities industry in Bulgaria was AND OTHER RESERVATION SERVICE AND RELATED ACTIVITIES represented by 1,969 companies at the end of 2018, INDUSTRY BY SECTORS compared to 1,934 in the previous year and 1,962 in 2016. SECTOR 2018 2017 2016 TOUR OPERATOR ACTIVITIES 1,136 1,114 1,135 The industry's net profit amounted to BGN 38,834,000 in TRAVEL AGENCY ACTIVITIES 516 518 532 2018. OTHER RESERVATION SERVICE AND RELATED 317 302 295 ACTIVITIES The industry's total revenue was BGN 1,323,861,000 in 2018, up by 12.41% compared to the previous year. The combined costs of the companies in the Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related III. REVENUES activities industry reached BGN 1,279,194,000 in 2018, up by 12.68% year-on-year. The total revenue in the industry was BGN 1,323,861,000 in 2018, BGN 1,177,725,000 in 2017 and 1,088,582,000 in 2016. The industry's total revenue makes up 1.34% to the country's Gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018, compared Total revenue to 1.23% for 2017 and 1.17% in 2016. Net sales revenue A total of 28,188 people were employed in the Travel 1,400,000,000 1,323,861,000 agency, tour operator and other reservation service and 1,260,000,000 related activities industry in 2018, compared to 4,523 in 1,177,725,000 1,287,354,000 1,088,582,000 2017 and 4,516 in 2016. 1,120,000,000 1,149,675,000 Most of the companies in the industry are based in Sofia, 980,000,0001,073,325,000 followed by Varna and Plovdiv. 840,000,000 700,000,000 II. INTRODUCTION BGN 560,000,000 In 2018 the companies in the Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities industry 420,000,000 numbered 1,969, distributed in 3 sectors. 280,000,000 140,000,000 INDUSTRY STRUCTURE BY SECTORS AND NUMBER OF COMPANIES 0 516 2016 2017 2018 The companies in the Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities market of Bulgaria earned combined net sales revenues of BGN 1,287,354,000 in 317 2018. In annual terms, sales marked a growth of 11.98% compared to 2017. In comparison to 2016 they increased by 19.94%. In 2017 sales rose by 7.11% year-on-year. The Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities industry total revenue make up 1.34% to the country's GDP in 2018, compared to 1.23% for 2017 and 1.17% in 2016. Tour operator activities 1,136 Travel agency activities Other reservation service and related activities 2 SeeNews Industry Report Share in GDP 1.4 1.34% INDUSTRY'S NET SALES REVENUE STRUCTURE BY SECTORS 1.26 1.23% 1.17% 1.12 11.90% 0.98 0.84 0.7 4.96% 0.56 0.42 0.28 0.14 83.14% 0 2016 2017 2018 In 2018 the Travel agency, tour operator and other Tour operator activities reservation service and related activities industry contributed Travel agency activities to GDP BGN 1,266,461,000 in Gross value added (GVA) accounting for 0.69% of the total for the country's economy. Other reservation service and related activities In the previous year, the industry's GVA amounted BGN The highest growth, of 27.61%, was recorded by Other 1,137,268,000, accounting for 0.67% of the total for the reservation service and related activities, while Travel agency country in 2017. In 2016 the GVA of the Travel agency, tour activities registered the sharpest decline, of 4.05%. operator and other reservation service and related activities was BGN 1,061,708,000, or 0.70% of the GVA for the TOP COMPANIES' REVENUE BY SECTORS SEGMENT COMPANY TOTAL REVENUE NET SALES country's economy. (BGN) REVENUE (BGN) TOUR OPERATOR ACTIVITIES GVA BY SECTORS TRAVEL AGENCY SOLVEX EOOD 53,781,000 53,778,000 RANK SECTOR BGN SHARE OF THE COUNTRY'S CLUB MAGELLAN OOD 42,139,000 41,969,000 GVA (%) BOHEMIA EOOD 32,392,000 32,392,000 1 TOUR OPERATOR ACTIVITIES 1,058,024,000 0.58 TRAVEL AGENCY ACTIVITIES 2 TRAVEL AGENCY ACTIVITIES 146,450,000 0.08 POSOKA COM OOD 17,804,000 17,800,000 3 OTHER RESERVATION SERVICE AND 61,987,000 0.03 TANCHEV I CO OOD 13,790,000 13,767,000 RELATED ACTIVITIES ELIT TRAVEL INTERNATIONAL OOD 11,849,000 11,845,000 OTHER RESERVATION SERVICE AND RELATED ACTIVITIES We expect, based on the trend in the last three years, the total AEROSTAR OOD 8,493,000 8,492,000 revenue of the Travel agency, tour operator and other BULGARIA ER POSOKA DZZD 5,495,000 5,495,000 reservation service and related activities industry to change at KOMPANIA ZA MEZHDUNARODNI 5,339,000 5,166,000 KONGRESI OOD a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.28% in 2019. Tour operator activities contributed net sales revenue of BGN The top 10 companies in terms of total revenue in Travel 1,070,356,000 or 83.14% of the total net sales in the industry, agency, tour operator and other reservation service and sector Travel agency activities - BGN 153,179,000 (11.90%), related activities accounted for 23.18% of the industry's total and sector Other reservation service and related activities - in 2018, 24.33% in 2017 and 25.84% in 2016. BGN 63,819,000 (4.96%). TOP 10 COMPANIES BY TOTAL AND NET SALES REVENUE IN THE INDUSTRY RANK COMPANY TOTAL REVENUE NET SALE (BGN) REVENUE (BGN) 1 TRAVEL AGENCY SOLVEX EOOD 53,781,000 53,778,000 2 CLUB MAGELLAN OOD 42,139,000 41,969,000 3 BOHEMIA EOOD 32,392,000 32,392,000 4 TEDI KAM EOOD 31,803,000 31,575,000 5 ASTRAL HOLIDAYS INTERNATIONAL EAD AD 31,216,000 30,794,000 6 EMERALD TRAVEL BULGARIA OOD 26,933,000 26,818,000 7 ABAX EOOD 24,868,000 24,858,000 8 SUNNY TOURS OOD 22,279,000 22,260,000 3 SeeNews Industry Report 9 PREMIER TOURS EOOD 21,204,000 21,150,000 TOP 10 COMPANIES BY TOTAL REVENUE IN THE FIELD TRAVEL 10 HORNIT OOD 20,253,000 2,804,000 AGENCY ACTIVITIES WERE: COMPANY BGN POSOKA COM OOD 17,804,000 The total revenues of the top 10 companies in the Travel TANCHEV I CO OOD 13,790,000 agency, tour operator and other reservation service and ELIT TRAVEL INTERNATIONAL OOD 11,849,000 related activities were 0.31% of GDP in 2018, compared to USIT COLOURS BULGARIA OOD 6,863,000 0.30% for 2017 and 0.30% in 2016. ALMA HOLIDAYS OOD 5,769,000 ARGUS TRAVEL INTERNATIONAL EOOD 4,512,000 The top 10 by assets in the Travel agency, tour operator and REISEBUERO CITY CENTER OOD 4,315,000 other reservation service and related activities industry made PROPER HOLIDAY OOD 3,722,000 up BGN 124,322,000, or 9.66% of the total net sales revenue. VIYA TRAVEL OOD 3,615,000 KASIA TUR EOOD 3,391,000 TOP 10 BY TOTAL ASSETS IN THE INDUSTRY RANK COMPANY BGN 1 HORNIT OOD 33,422,000 The 10 largest companies in terms of total revenue in sector 2 CHERNOMORIE 2011 OOD 33,331,000 Travel agency activities earned total revenue of BGN 3 ASTRAL HOLIDAYS INTERNATIONAL EAD AD 16,800,000 75,630,000 and accounted for 5.71% of the industry's total 4 SAMOKOV BOROVETS 21 AD 12,004,000 revenue. 5 KING TRAVEL OOD 10,458,000 6 NIKA TUR EOOD 10,332,000 TOP 10 COMPANIES BY TOTAL REVENUE IN THE MARKET OTHER 7 TRAVEL AGENCY SOLVEX EOOD 9,881,000 RESERVATION SERVICE AND RELATED ACTIVITIES WERE: 8 KULINOTO AD 9,109,000 COMPANY BGN 9 DSK-TOURS EOOD 8,036,000 AEROSTAR OOD 8,493,000 10 TUI BULGARIA EOOD 7,905,000 BULGARIA ER POSOKA DZZD 5,495,000 KOMPANIA ZA MEZHDUNARODNI KONGRESI OOD 5,339,000 BULGARIA ER I POSOKA DZZD 3,335,000 TOP 10 COMPANIES WITH HIGHEST ANNUAL GROWTH IN EVENTIM.BG OOD 3,066,000 OPERATING REVENUE IN TRAVEL AGENCY, TOUR OPERATOR AND SPY TRAVEL OOD 2,598,000 OTHER RESERVATION SERVICE AND RELATED ACTIVITIES BSA OOD 2,514,000 RANK COMPANY Y/Y GROWTH TRADE FAIR TRIPS EOOD 2,410,000 1 I D S BULGARIA EOOD 58925.00% AEROTOUR MM OOD 2,072,000 2 HERMES FLY OOD 33000.00% KOLAROV GROUP EOOD 1,975,000 3 WETRAVELUX EOOD 23871.43% 4 DIAMANT TURS OOD 19700.00% 5 THE NATURAL ADVENTURE COMPANY EOOD 19566.67% The 10 largest companies in terms of total revenue in sector 6 TLASEMAKI OOD 13900.00% Other reservation service and related activities earned total 7 EVOLUTION TRAVEL EOOD 13160.00% revenue of BGN 37,297,000 and accounted for 2.82% of the 8 MD TUR OOD 5118.75% industry's total revenue.
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