Foreign visitor arrivals in Bulgaria for holidays in January 2026 up 8.2% y/y
There were a total of 307 201 arrivals of visitors from abroad in Bulgaria in January 2026, an increase of 8.2 per cent compared with January 2025, according to data posted by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) on February 27.
As The Sofia Globe reported previously, in January 2025 arrivals in Bulgaria for holidays were up by 6.5 per cent on an annual basis.
In January 2026, arrivals in Bulgaria for holidays included 53 487 from Türkiye, 41 959 from North Macedonia, 40 753 from Greece, 33 261 from Romania, 18 675 from Israel and 13 300 from the United Kingdom.
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