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

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) in Bulgaria was 21.94 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 42.54 in 2003, while its lowest value was 6.15 in 1981.

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 8.56
1981 6.15
1982 6.19
1983 6.69
1984 7.57
1985 7.34
1986 7.92
1987 10.44
1988 11.28
1989 14.39
1990 31.50
1991 26.33
1992 26.88
1993 20.90
1994 19.56
1995 15.27
1996 15.94
1997 18.26
1998 20.22
1999 35.71
2000 32.22
2001 31.28
2002 41.22
2003 42.54
2004 42.35
2005 38.45
2006 35.99
2007 36.13
2008 38.79
2009 34.86
2010 24.23
2011 25.35
2012 22.28
2013 25.92
2014 21.37
2015 22.86
2016 25.73
2017 28.73
2018 31.20
2019 30.44
2020 21.94

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