Bulgaria - Travel services (% of service exports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) in Bulgaria was 19.82 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 55.22 in 2005, while its lowest value was 10.93 in 1991.

Definition: Travel covers goods and services acquired from an economy by travelers for their own use during visits of less than one year in that economy for either business or personal purposes. Travel includes local transport (i.e., transport within the economy being visited and provided by a resident of that economy), but excludes international transport (which is included in passenger transport. Travel also excludes goods for resale, which are included in general merchandise.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1980 28.74
1981 26.40
1982 33.47
1983 39.19
1984 31.42
1985 39.06
1986 39.04
1987 42.66
1988 40.81
1989 40.47
1990 38.23
1991 10.93
1992 20.04
1993 26.24
1994 28.77
1995 33.02
1996 28.43
1997 25.27
1998 54.05
1999 52.10
2000 49.39
2001 46.37
2002 50.06
2003 54.84
2004 54.77
2005 55.22
2006 49.87
2007 54.88
2008 54.22
2009 54.84
2010 50.94
2011 50.42
2012 46.77
2013 49.03
2014 43.51
2015 38.40
2016 40.63
2017 43.73
2018 41.37
2019 37.45
2020 19.82

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments