TOURISM PROFILE BULGARIAN PROVINCES Amount of Available Beds 2014

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TOURISM PROFILE BULGARIAN PROVINCES Amount of available beds 2014 – Top 10 Bulgarian provinces

1 Burgas (120.986) 2 Varna (60.494) 3 Dobrich (30.230) 3 9 2 8 5 1 7 10 4 6

4 Blagoevgrad 20.032

5 Sofia City 12.232

6 Smolyan 11.528

7 Plovdiv 9.393

8 Sofia 8.307

9 Veliko Tarnovo 5.297

10 Pazardzhik 4.315 11.223 0 3.500 7.000 10.500 14.000 17.500 21.000

2 Source: nsi.bg Average of the 28 Bulgarian provinces Development of available beds 2008 - 2014 – Top 10 Bulgarian provinces

1 Burgas (+22.053) 2 Blagoevgrad (+5.891) 3 Dobrich (+5.797) 3 4 9 8 7 1 6 5 10 2

4 Veliko Tarnovo 1.495

5 Kyustendil 920

6 Stara Zagora 756

7 Sliven 561

8 Gabrovo 525

9 Lovech 394

10 Pazardzhik 385 1.345 0 300 600 900 1.200 1.500

3 Source: nsi.bg Average of the 28 Bulgarian provinces Amount of overnights 2014 – Top 10 Bulgarian provinces

1 Burgas (8.051.983) 2 Varna (4.489.301) 3 Dobrich (1.794.550) 3 2 4 8 1 10 9 6 5 7

4 Sofia City 1.524.633

5 Blagoevgrad 1.163.068

6 Plovdiv 899.420

7 Smolyan 568.013

8 Sofia 560.001

9 Pazardzhik 451.009

10 Stara Zagora 309.432 774.943 0 400.000 800.000 1.200.000 1.600.000

4 Source: nsi.bg Average of the 28 Bulgarian provinces Development of overnights 2008 - 2014 – Top 10 Bulgarian provinces

1 Burgas (+1.875.610) 2 Dobrich (+611.849) 3 Blagoevgrad (+403.046) 2 10 7 5 1 9 6 4 3 8

4 Plovdiv 166.680

5 Sofia 109.454

6 Pazardzhik 102.910

7 Sofia City 90.316

8 Smolyan 55.650

9 Yambol 46.718

10 Veliko Tarnovo 46.419 121.535 0 45.000 90.000 135.000 180.000

5 Source: nsi.bg Average of the 28 Bulgarian provinces Ø length of stay 2014 – Top 10 Bulgarian provinces

1 Burgas (6,2) 2 Dobrich (5,5) 3 Varna (5,2) 2 10 3 5 1 6 4 9 8 7

4 Yambol 4,7

5 Sofia 2,7

6 Stara Zagora 2,7

7 Smolyan 2,6

8 Blagoevgrad 2,5

9 Pazardzhik 2,5

10 Vratsa 2,4 3,7 0 1 2 3 4 5

6 Source: nsi.bg Average of the 28 Bulgarian provinces Overnights by foreigners 2014 – Top 10 Bulgarian provinces

1 Varna (82,5 %) 2 Burgas (80,7 %) 3 Dobrich (74,3 %) 3 7 10 1 4 6 2 8 9 5

4 Sofia City 66,4%

5 Blagoevgrad 47,1%

6 Sofia 37,2%

7 Ruse 28,2%

8 Plovdiv 28,0%

9 Yambol 24,9%

10 Veliko Tarnovo 23,3% 64,9 % 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

7 Source: nsi.bg Average of the 28 Bulgarian provinces About Kohl & Partner

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