Persons participating in tourism for personal purposes by age group - number of tourists

In 2021, Bulgaria's persons participating in tourism for personal purposes by age group decreased by 34.6% compared to 2020, reaching 164,155.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 30,434,152.

Bulgaria ranks 19th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 44.1% (from 293,753 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tin00187, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.