# NUTS 3 areas of Bulgaria by nights spent in tourist accommodation by non-residents (foreign guests), 2025

All 28 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `tourist_nights_non_residents`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Nights spent in the year by guests whose usual residence is outside the country, at hotels and similar accommodation, holiday and other short-stay accommodation, and campsites (NACE Rev. 2 groups 55.1 to 55.3) (Eurostat).
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 3 region, non-residents (foreign country of residence), hotels, holiday accommodation and campsites (tour_occ_nin2) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_occ_nin2/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Eurostat. Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 3 region, non-residents (foreign country of residence), hotels, holiday accommodation and campsites (tour_occ_nin2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_occ_nin2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/tourist-nights-non-residents/bulgaria-provinces

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Burgas | 7,102,596 |
| 2 | Varna | 3,956,611 |
| 3 | Sofia (stolitsa) | 1,669,477 |
| 4 | Dobrich | 1,270,563 |
| 5 | Blagoevgrad | 639,044 |
| 6 | Plovdiv | 330,582 |
| 7 | Sofia | 271,810 |
| 8 | Haskovo | 225,620 |
| 9 | Smolyan | 116,202 |
| 10 | Veliko Tarnovo | 89,598 |
| 11 | Stara Zagora | 68,057 |
| 12 | Pazardzhik | 65,944 |
| 13 | Ruse | 57,757 |
| 14 | Pleven | 30,431 |
| 15 | Kyustendil | 27,645 |
| 16 | Sliven | 21,525 |
| 17 | Gabrovo | 20,213 |
| 18 | Vratsa | 14,980 |
| 19 | Shumen | 14,708 |
| 20 | Lovech | 14,117 |
| 21 | Kardzhali | 12,013 |
| 22 | Vidin | 11,880 |
| 23 | Razgrad | 9,605 |
| 24 | Montana | 9,565 |
| 25 | Yambol | 8,695 |
| 26 | Pernik | 8,654 |
| 27 | Targovishte | 7,777 |
| 28 | Silistra | 7,617 |