Number of Foreign Tourists in Bulgaria up by 15% in 2008
Sofia News Agency, 08.01.2009
The number of foreign tourists who visited Bulgaria in 2008 grew by 14,6% compared to their number in 2007.
The news was announced by the Head of Bulgaria's State Tourist Agency Aneliya Krushkova in an interview for the Pari Daily.
Krushkova said, however, that this estimate was still based on preliminary data, and that more specific information would be available in a couple of weeks.
The Agency Director did say that she was satisfied with Bulgaria's results in the tourism sector in 2008, and that the traditional distribution among the countries of origin of the foreign tourists visiting Bulgaria remained generally the same as in previous years.
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