Number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria in September 2015 was 1,055,900 or 4.7% under the level of September 2014. A decrease was registered in the trips by all observed purposes: with professional purpose - by 17.7%, with holiday and recreation purpose - by 4.1% and with other purposes - by 0.2%.

The share of visits of ЕU citizens was 63.6% of the total number of foreigners’ visits to Bulgaria in September 2015 or by 5.4% less in comparison with the same month of the previous year.

A decrease was registered in the visits of the citizens of Greece - by 24.7%, the Netherlands - by 12.7%, Germany - by 11.1%, the United Kingdom - by 3.5%, Hungary - by 0.8%, and etc. At the same time increased the visits from Belgium - by 9.1%, France - by 7.8%, Italy - by 5.9%, Poland - by 5.3%, Spain - by 5.2%, Austria - by 3.1%, and etc. In September 2015, the predominant share of the visits with holiday and recreation purpose was 46.9%.

The visits with holiday and recreation purpose formed 98.6% of the arrivals from Israel and 89.1% - from Russian Federation. The visits with professional purpose were 42.6% of the arrivals from France, as with other purposes were 72.4% of all arrivals from Romania and 68.0% - from Turkey.