{"id":124400,"date":"2015-08-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/number-of-romanian-tourists-visiting-bulgaria-dropped-by-50\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T21:43:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T19:43:51","slug":"number-of-romanian-tourists-visiting-bulgaria-dropped-by-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/number-of-romanian-tourists-visiting-bulgaria-dropped-by-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Number of Romanian tourists visiting Bulgaria dropped by 50%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Number of Romanian tourists visiting Bulgaria dropped by 50%<\/p>\n<div>Bayko Baykov, president of the Bulgarian Association of Tour Operators, stated that the number of Romanian tourists who visited Bulgaria has decreased by over 50%, which means that more than 110,000 Romanians were in transit instead of spending their vacation in this country.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Bulgarian official specified that there is a significant decline in the number of tourists from the EU, of approximately 300,000; we see a stabilization of the market in Germany, which is a relatively good indicator, but unfortunately, it is the only positive one.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Also, he warns that there are significant decreases in the number of tourists from Greece &#8211; 50%, Spain &#8211; 12%, Italy &#8211; over 35%, the Netherlands &#8211; over 40%, France &#8211; 50%, and Serbia &#8211; almost 60%.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to data from the Bulgarian Ministry of Tourism, in recent years, the number of Romanian tourists in Bulgaria reached 1 million per year, while the number of Bulgarians who visited Romania is approximately 300,000 per year.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economica.net\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Economica<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Why did the number of Romanian tourists in Bulgaria decrease?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The number of Romanian tourists dropped by over 50%, with many travelers choosing to transit through the country rather than stay for a vacation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which other EU countries saw a decline in tourism to Bulgaria?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Significant declines were recorded from Greece (50%), Italy (over 35%), France (50%), and the Netherlands (over 40%).<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the typical volume of tourism between Romania and Bulgaria?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Historically, about 1 million Romanians visit Bulgaria annually, while approximately 300,000 Bulgarians visit Romania each year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Number of Romanian tourists visiting Bulgaria dropped by 50% Bayko Baykov, president of the Bulgarian Association of Tour Operators, stated that the number of Romanian tourists who visited Bulgaria has decreased by over 50%, which means that more than 110,000 Romanians were in transit instead of spending their vacation in this country. The Bulgarian official&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":65546,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-124400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turism-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124400"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=124400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}