Sofia had the 2nd highest growth in Europe in international visitors in 2017. Sofia Airport launched 42 new routes between 2015 and 2018.
Tourism in Sofia
Visitors
1 346 993
tourists visited Sofia in 2017 ,
a 27% increase from 2015.
65%
of all tourists were foreigners
50%
came from Italy, the UK,
Germany, Greece or Israel.
Hotels
88
hotels with 72 rooms on average
4611
4 & 5-star hotel rooms:
expected to double
by 2021
Air Travel
~ 7 million
passengers in 2018
42
new destinations
since 2015
London
was most popular in 2018
with 443 198 passengers
