{"id":37771,"date":"2025-09-01T10:03:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T07:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/tourism\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T14:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T12:20:12","slug":"tourism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"modal-ready\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"37771\" class=\"elementor elementor-37771 elementor-37393\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-441d7b4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"441d7b4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e05073e\" data-id=\"e05073e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c5bdaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c5bdaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.0 - 09-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p style=\"padding: 35px 20px; color: white; background: linear-gradient(140deg, #9b34cf 0%, rgba(0, 94, 152, 0.84) 100%); text-align: right;\">In 2024, Sofia was visited by over 1.27 million tourists (10% increase compared to 2023), of which 61% were foreigners, and in the first half of 2025, the growth continued with an 11% increase in visits. Tourists prefer the capital both for cultural landmarks and mountain tourism, as well as for congress and business events.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6be7864 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6be7864\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5588972\" data-id=\"5588972\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a02e9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4a02e9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.0 - 09-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tourism in Sofia<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b48aca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6b48aca\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-afd7f46\" data-id=\"afd7f46\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64f1274 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"64f1274\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Visitors<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-283309c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"283309c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">1.27 million tourists<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\">tourists visited <strong>Sofia<\/strong> in <strong>2024<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e0b702 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e0b702\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; color: #9b34cf;\">61%<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\">of the tourists were <strong>foreigners<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1f1d14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d1f1d14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; color: #9b34cf; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">39%<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\">are <strong>Bulgarians<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89a13cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89a13cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/sofiaglobe.com\/\">The Sofia Globe<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ca8df2\" data-id=\"1ca8df2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b043ee9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b043ee9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.0 - 09-01-2023 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https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/christmas-market-550345_1280-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/christmas-market-550345_1280-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/christmas-market-550345_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9f421fb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9f421fb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b85817\" data-id=\"3b85817\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b3a73b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4b3a73b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/people-4665095_1280-1024x678.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-37776\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/people-4665095_1280-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/people-4665095_1280-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/people-4665095_1280-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/people-4665095_1280-220x146.jpg 220w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/people-4665095_1280-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/people-4665095_1280-113x75.jpg 113w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/people-4665095_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-75ef56a\" data-id=\"75ef56a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f6e8bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0f6e8bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Age group of tourists in Sofia<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b775a36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b775a36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; color: #9b34cf; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">63%<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\">the active age group <strong>30-59 years<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; color: #9b34cf; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">59%<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\">men<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; color: #9b34cf; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">41%<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\">women<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f23cf3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f23cf3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/sofiaglobe.com\/\">The Sofia Globe<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-829fe57 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"829fe57\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e960f32\" data-id=\"e960f32\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e265ff1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e265ff1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hotels<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9e0a5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9e0a5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">75%<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\">of tourists chose to stay in <strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3, 4 and 5 star hotels <\/span>\u2b50\ufe0f<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65eaf0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65eaf0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; color: #9b34cf;\">1700<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>accommodation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-775fcff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"775fcff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; color: #9b34cf; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">22 000 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">beds<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f63636 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f63636\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The average stay is<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 24pt; color: #9b34cf; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">2-3 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>nights<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\">The most visited months are <strong>August<\/strong> and <strong>October<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fcdaa7d\" data-id=\"fcdaa7d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d16f3ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d16f3ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"797\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lobby-398845_1280-797x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-37778\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lobby-398845_1280-797x1024.jpg 797w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lobby-398845_1280-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lobby-398845_1280-768x987.jpg 768w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lobby-398845_1280-114x146.jpg 114w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lobby-398845_1280-39x50.jpg 39w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lobby-398845_1280-58x75.jpg 58w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lobby-398845_1280.jpg 996w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 797px) 100vw, 797px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a2696dd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default 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data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1185950 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1185950\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Passengers served - 2023<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02602c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"02602c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\">Number of <strong>landed passengers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 24pt; color: #9b34cf;\">5.4 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\">Number of <strong>departed passengers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9b34cf; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 24pt;\">5.43 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Total<\/strong> passengers<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; color: #9b34cf; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">10.84 million<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20dbb1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20dbb1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bta.bg\/bg\">Bulgarian Telegraph Agency (BTA)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f1970f9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f1970f9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f8b1a1\" data-id=\"6f8b1a1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c9102e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5c9102e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cultural and historical tourism<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58d3aca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58d3aca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"79\" data-end=\"552\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Sofia<\/strong> combines a rich cultural heritage <strong>with sites such as<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #9b34cf; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">the Boyana Church, the Archaeological Museum and the St. George Rotunda.<\/span> <strong>Vitosha<\/strong> offers easy access to <strong>mountain routes, winter sports and eco-tourism<\/strong> just <strong>30 minutes<\/strong> from the city center. The city is also attractive with its <strong>street art scene and thematic tours<\/strong>, which attract young visitors from all over the world. Thanks to modern infrastructure, Sofia is also establishing itself as a leading destination for <strong>business and congress tourism.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46cea6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46cea6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/visitsofia.bg\">VisitSofia<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2024, Sofia was visited by over 1.27 million tourists (10% increase compared to 2023), of which 61% were foreigners, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.14 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tourism | Sofia Investment Agency<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In 2024, Sofia was visited by over 1.27 million tourists (10% increase compared to 2023), of which 61% were foreigners, and in the first half of 2025, the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/tourism-in-sofia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tourism | Sofia Investment Agency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In 2024, Sofia was visited by over 1.27 million tourists (10% increase compared to 2023), of which 61% were foreigners, and in the first half of 2025, the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/tourism-in-sofia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sofia Investment Agency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SofiaInvestmentAgency\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-05T12:20:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/christmas-market-550345_1280-1024x768.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@InvestSofia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/tourism-in-sofia\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/tourism-in-sofia\/\",\"name\":\"Tourism | Sofia Investment Agency\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-01T07:03:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-05T12:20:12+00:00\",\"description\":\"In 2024, Sofia was visited by over 1.27 million tourists (10% increase compared to 2023), of which 61% were foreigners, and in the first half of 2025, the\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/tourism-in-sofia\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/tourism-in-sofia\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/tourism-in-sofia\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u041d\u0430\u0447\u0430\u043b\u043e\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tourism\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sofia Investment Agency\",\"description\":\"We support local and foreign companies in building their business in Sofia, Bulgaria. 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