91 New Hotels Completed in Bulgaria in April-June

Business | August 25, 2008, Monday // 00:00
Bulgaria 91 New Hotels Completed in Bulgaria in April-June: 91 New Hotels Completed in Bulgaria in April-June The number of new hotels in Bulgaria has continued to grow. Photo by Yuliana Nikolova (Sofia Photo Agency)

91 new hotels were completed in Bulgaria during the second quarter of 2008 according to data of the National Statistical Institute released Monday.

Thus, the total number of hotel and hostels in the country has reached 2 643, with a total of 105 500 rooms, and 234 000 beds.

39% of all hotels with 67% of the beds in Bulgaria are located along the Black Sea coast. There are 272 hotels in the District of Burgas, 223 in the District of Varna, and 81 in the District of Dobrich.

The number of persons who stayed at Bulgarian hotels in April-June 2008 was 128 000 more than in the same period of 2007 reaching 1,3 million persons with 4,6 million night's lodging. 33% of these were Bulgarians.

The number of guests from Malta rose fivefold, from Latvia - by 170%, from Estonia - by 130%, from Lithuania - by 65%, Poland - 53%, Slovenia - 52%, Austria - 43%.

The greatest number of foreigners, who stayed at Bulgarian hotels over the second quarter came from Germany - 19% of the total number.

The total income from hotel stays in April-June grew by 9% compared to the same period of 2007 to reach BGN 175 M.

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