Bulgaria's 2005 Summer Season
Sofia News Agency, 14.03.2005
The first group of German tourists that will enjoy the Bulgarian seaside arrived Monday in the country's main Black Sea city Varna. The German group that arrived from Dusseldorf inaugurated Bulgaria's 2005 summer season. The other German groups are expected to arrive in Bulgaria on April 4 and 25. Statistics showed that nearly seven million foreigners have visited Bulgaria in 2004. A total of 4.01 million were the tourists in Bulgaria in 2004 thus marking an increase of 13.6% year on year. Most of the tourists came from Greece (707, 000), Macedonia (656,000), Serbia and Montenegro (577,000), Germany (565,000), the UK (259,000) and Russia (121,000). see source