TOURIST TRIPS AND TOURISM-RELATED EXPENDITURE OF THE POPULATION IN THIRD QUARTER OF 2020

In the third quarter of 2020, during the continuing epidemic situation in the country, 1 324.4 thousand Bulgarian residents made tourist trips. The majority - 94.1% of them travelled only within the country, 3.2% - only abroad and 2.7% - both in the country and abroad. The total number of the travelled persons aged 15 and over was by 23.6% less compared to the same quarter of 2019, as a reduction in the number of the Bulgarian residents travelled in the country - by 5.0%, as well as in the number of persons travelled abroad by 88.0% was observed. As regards the number of persons travelled both in the country and abroad, the drop was by 47.9%.