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Fewer tourists visit Bulgaria in June

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A total of 2030 tourist sites-hotels, motels, camp sites and other places of accommodation functioned during the first summer month against the backdrop of the emergency epidemic situation. According to data of the National Statistical Institute, the total number of people employed at the accommodation places decreased by 32.7% as compared to June 2019.  59.3% of the people accommodated at four or five star hotels were foreign nationals and 29.8% were Bulgarian tourists. 21.3% of the people who stayed at three-star hotels were foreign tourists and 29.8% were Bulgarians. 19.4% of the people accommodated at one and two-star hotels were foreign tourists and 38.9% were Bulgarian nationals. In June 2020, the number of guests decreased with 80.6% as compared to the same month last year. The number of foreign guests decreased by 94.5% and the number of Bulgarian tourists fell with 59.5%.




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