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

Burgas had the highest nights spent in tourist accommodation by non-residents (foreign guests) of 26 areas in 2020, at 1.47 million. Silistra had the lowest, at 2,570. The median was 24,067 and the figure for Bulgaria was 4.66 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest1,473,525Burgas

Lowest2,570Silistra

Median24,06726 areas

Bulgaria4,656,289History

All areas, 2020

count. Source: 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). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2020 count
1	Burgas	1,473,525
2	Varna	1,117,332
3	Dobrich	453,229
4	Sofia (stolitsa)	407,077
5	Blagoevgrad	400,938
6	Sofia	219,202
7	Smolyan	133,027
8	Plovdiv	88,822
9	Vidin	57,338
10	Veliko Tarnovo	48,697
11	Montana	48,072
12	Pleven	33,544
13	Haskovo	27,282
14	Stara Zagora	20,851
15	Razgrad	19,007
16	Ruse	16,586
17	Pazardzhik	15,514
18	Shumen	15,268
19	Targovishte	10,102
20	Kardzhali	7,792
21	Sliven	7,038
22	Vratsa	6,983
23	Lovech	6,535
24	Gabrovo	5,868
25	Yambol	5,712
26	Silistra	2,570

Other periods

About this ranking

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).

Guests are classed by country of residence, not nationality: a Spanish citizen living in France counts as non-resident in Spain. Nights by residents and non-residents together are tourist_nights. From the EU survey of occupancy in tourist accommodation establishments. Countries may leave out establishments with fewer than 10 bed places (20 in countries with under 1% of EU nights), and private rentals booked through online platforms are partly outside the survey: see short_stay_platform_guest_nights.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the areas are compared on one definition. 2 areas with data in other periods have no value for 2020 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 3 region, non-residents (foreign country of residence), hotels, holiday accommodation and campsites (tour_occ_nin2) (NUTS 3 areas of Bulgaria by nights spent in tourist accommodation by non-residents (foreign guests), 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_occ_nin2/default/table

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Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 3 region, non-residents (foreign country of residence), hotels, holiday accommodation and campsites (tour_occ_nin2), NUTS 3 areas of Bulgaria by nights spent in tourist accommodation by non-residents (foreign guests), 2020. Eurostat, European Commission, 9 Oct. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_occ_nin2/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/tourist-nights-non-residents/bulgaria-provinces?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 3 region, non-residents (foreign country of residence), hotels, holiday accommodation and campsites (tour_occ_nin2). NUTS 3 areas of Bulgaria by nights spent in tourist accommodation by non-residents (foreign guests), 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_occ_nin2/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/tourist-nights-non-residents/bulgaria-provinces?period=2020.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 3 region, non-residents (foreign country of residence), hotels, holiday accommodation and campsites (tour_occ_nin2), NUTS 3 areas of Bulgaria by nights spent in tourist accommodation by non-residents (foreign guests), 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_occ_nin2/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/tourist-nights-non-residents/bulgaria-provinces?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which area has the highest nights spent in tourist accommodation by non-residents (foreign guests)?

Burgas, with 1.47 million in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest nights spent in tourist accommodation by non-residents (foreign guests)?

Silistra, with 2,570 in 2020.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 2 areas have no value for 2020 and are not ranked.