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 28 areas in 2024, at 6.81 million. Targovishte had the lowest, at 6,683. The median was 30,771 and the figure for Bulgaria was 15.06 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest6,809,740Burgas

Lowest6,683Targovishte

Median30,77128 areas

Bulgaria15,058,045History

All areas, 2024

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	2024 count	Change on 2023
1	Burgas	6,809,740	+4.4%
2	Varna	3,717,513	+3.4%
3	Sofia (stolitsa)	1,500,009	+5.5%
4	Dobrich	1,203,131	+10.5%
5	Blagoevgrad	619,176	-4%
6	Plovdiv	300,659	-8.5%
7	Sofia	249,764	+8.8%
8	Smolyan	111,795	-0.9%
9	Veliko Tarnovo	78,903	+4.2%
10	Haskovo	78,384	+6.9%
11	Stara Zagora	70,199	+12.1%
12	Pazardzhik	63,489	-12%
13	Ruse	44,863	-25.5%
14	Pleven	35,748	-55.6%
15	Sliven	25,794	+7.6%
16	Kyustendil	21,398	-9%
17	Lovech	17,174	-13.7%
18	Vratsa	16,805	+24.8%
19	Gabrovo	14,094	-13.3%
20	Kardzhali	13,920	-7.8%
21	Shumen	11,914	+0.2%
22	Vidin	10,792	-6.4%
23	Pernik	8,138	-25.3%
24	Razgrad	7,638	-3.4%
25	Yambol	6,855	-42.6%
26	Montana	6,742	+27.3%
27	Silistra	6,725	-2.3%
28	Targovishte	6,683	-3.5%

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. 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), 2024) [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), 2024. 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=2024. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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), 2024. 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=2024.

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), 2024 [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=2024 (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 6.81 million in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Targovishte, with 6,683 in 2024.

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.