Bulgarians to Spend 690 Mil Levs on Summer Holidays in Greece, Turkey
Tuesday, 22 July 2014
Bulgarians will spend BGN 350 M on holidays in Greece in the period May 15 – September 15, 2014, according to an expert from the Institute of Analyses and Assessments in Tourism.
Rumen Draganov, as cited by econ.bg, suggested that some 660 000 Bulgarians would visit Greece in the 2014 summer season.
He also pointed out that around 750 000 Bulgarians were expected to pick Turkey as their holiday destination, spending some 330-340 Mil levs there.
Draganov summarized that Bulgarians were expected to spend a total of 690 Mil levs in the two countries in the summer season.
He added that some 3.3 million Bulgarians were expected to spend their summer holidays in Bulgaria, generating tourism revenues of around 874.5 Mil levs. The expert specified that Bulgarians spent an average of 3 days by the sea and spent an average of 265 levs per person.