Tourists spent €1.8m on overnight stays in Haskovo region in August, 28% more than in August 2025. The figure comes from the "Statistical Surveys – Haskovo" department of the Territorial Statistical Bureau – South.

The number of overnight stays fell by 17.7%.

Bulgarians paid €663,800 and foreigners €1.144m. Turkish citizens made up the largest share of foreign tourists, at 73.1% of all foreigners who stayed in the region.

The data cover places with 10 or more beds: hotels, motels, campsites, mountain huts and other short-stay venues. In August, 97 such venues with a total of 4,382 beds were open in the region, 1% more than in August 2025.

There were 38,061 overnight stays by 20,282 guests. Of these, 7,561 were Bulgarians (37.3%) and 12,721 were foreigners (62.7%). Bulgarians stayed an average of 2.2 nights each, and foreigners 1.7.

Overall, 28% of beds were occupied, 7.1 percentage points fewer than in August 2025. Occupancy was highest in 4- and 5-star venues at 36.9%, followed by 1- and 2-star venues at 24.7% and 3-star venues at 22.3%.

Updated (14.10, 19:20): Haskovo region's revenue and overnight stay figures are for August 2026, BTA reported.