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In November 2015, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 305.2 thousand or by 12.7% above the registered in November 2014. The trips with other purposes (as a guest, education and visit the cultural and sport events) in November 2015 composed the greatest share of the total number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad - 46.9%, followed by the trips with holiday and recreation purposes - 27.7%, and with professional purpose - 25.4%.

In November 2015, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 436.8 thousand or by 0.8% above the level of November 2014. An increase was registered in the trips with holiday and recreation purpose - by 6.2%, and with other purposes - by 2.6%, while the trips with professional purpose decreased by 10.2%. 

The National Statistical Institute presents results from annual surveys in the domain of environmental statistics for 2014. Detailed data by particular topics are placed under the heading "Environment" on the NSI web site: https://old.nsi.bg

Preliminary data of the NSI for the third quarter of 2015 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 7.4% compared to the third quarter of 2014. 

The consumer price index in November 2015 compared to October 2015 was 99.9%, i.e. the monthly inflation was -0.1%.

Consumption per capita varied between 51% and 141% of the EU average.

In 2015 59.1% of households in Bulgaria had access to the internet at home, which was a growth of 2.4 percentage point, compared to the previous year. There was also a growth of 0.9 percentage points of the individuals aged 16 - 74 years who were using internet every day or at least once per week and 31.2% of them used cloud services (storage space on the internet) for data storage and file sharing. 

In October 2015, 2 020 accommodation establishments - hotels, motels, camping sites, mountain chalets and other establishments for short-term accommodation with more than 10 bed places were functioned in the country (Annex, Table 1). The total number of the rooms in them was 71.6 thousands and the bed-places were 150.4 thousands. In comparison with October 2014 the total number of accommodation establishments (functioned during the period) increased by 4.4% and the bed-places in them - by 4.8%.

The total number of the nights spent in all accommodation establishments registered in October 2015 was 727.8 thousands, or by 3.7% more in comparison with the same month of the previous year. The total revenues from nights spent in October 2015 reached 36.0 million BGN or by 4.2% more compared to October 2014.