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'''Tourism in Bulgaria''' is a significant contributor to the country's economy. Situated at the crossroads of the East and West, [[Bulgaria]] has been home to many civilizations: [[Thracians]], [[Greeks]], [[Roman Empire|Romans]], [[Eastern Roman Empire|Eastern Romans or Byzantines]], [[Slavs]], [[Bulgars]], and [[Ottoman empire|Ottomans]]. The country is rich in tourist sights and historical artifacts, scattered through a relatively small and easily accessible territory. Bulgaria is internationally known for its seaside and winter resorts.

Bulgaria attracted nearly 12 million foreign tourists in 2017, according to the [[World Bank]].<ref name="business review website">{{cite web |url=http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/ST.INT.ARVL?end=2016&locations=BG&start=1995&view=chart |title=Worldbank Tourism in Bulgaria |website=Worldbank.org |access-date=2017-08-01 |archive-date=2019-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223074212/https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/ST.INT.ARVL?end=2016&locations=BG&start=1995&view=chart |url-status=live }}</ref> Tourists from five countries ([[Romania]], [[Turkey]], [[Greece]], [[Germany]] and [[Russia]]) account for approximately 50% of all visitors.<ref name="NSIVisitorsAbroad">{{cite web|url=https://www.nsi.bg/en/content/7058/arrivals-visitors-abroad-bulgaria-months-and-country-origin|title=Arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria by months and by country of origin - National statistical institute|website=Nsi.bg|access-date=2019-09-28|archive-date=2017-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171123212806/http://www.nsi.bg/en/content/7058/arrivals-visitors-abroad-bulgaria-months-and-country-origin|url-status=dead}}</ref> The sector contributed to 15% of [[Gross domestic product|GDP]] and supported 150,000 workplaces in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nsi.bg/bg/content/2206/|title=Страницата не е намерена}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://statlib.nsi.bg:8181/FullT/FulltOpen/SRB_BG_7_2012_2013.pdf|title=Statistical references 2013 - National Statistical Institute|website=Statlib.nsi.bg|access-date=2017-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412124918/http://statlib.nsi.bg:8181/FullT/FulltOpen/SRB_BG_7_2012_2013.pdf|archive-date=2015-04-12|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Tourist attractions==
===UNESCO World Heritage Sites and Intangible Cultural Heritage List===
{{Main|List of World Heritage sites in Bulgaria}}

There are ten [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]]s in [[Bulgaria]]. The first four properties were inscribed in the World Heritage List in 1979, and the last in 2017. Bulgaria currently has sixteen additional properties on the Tentative List.<ref name="Tentative-List">{{Cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/state=bg|title=UNESCO World Heritage Centre - Tentative List: Bulgaria|access-date=2019-09-28|work=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|archive-date=2009-06-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623062216/https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/state=bg|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Nestinarstvo]], a ritual fire-dance of Thracian origin,<ref>{{cite book |title=Bulgarian Folk Customs |last=MacDermott |first=Mercia |year=1998 |publisher=Jessica Kingsley Publishers |isbn=1-85302-485-6 |page=226 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gh4IE6toGJMC&q=nestinarstvo&pg=PA226|access-date=20 December 2011|quote=While dancing round fires and jumping over fires forms part of many Slav customs, dancing ''on'' fire does not, and it is therefore likely that nestinarstvo was inherited by the Bulgarians from the Hellenized Thracians who inhabited the land before them.}}</ref> is included in the list of [[UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists|UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage]].

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| File:Rila Monastery, August 2013.jpg|[[Rila Monastery]]
| File:Kazanluk 1.jpg|[[Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak]]
| File:Desislava.jpg|[[Boyana Church]]
| File:Caballero_de_Madara,_reserva_hist%C3%B3rico-arqueol%C3%B3gica_Nacional_de_Madara,_Bulgaria,_2016-05-27,_DD_39.jpg|[[Madara Rider]]
| File:Tomb sveshtari2-1-.jpg|[[Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari]]
| File:Ivanovski_skalni_tsarkvi_20110714-42.JPG|[[Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo|Rock-hewn Churches]]
| File:Bulgaria-Nesebar-04.JPG|[[Ancient City of Nessebar]]
| File:Pirin_-_edno_or_Gergiyskite_ezera_-_IMG_2935.jpg|[[Pirin National Park]]
| File:%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8A%D1%80_%D0%BE%D1%82_%D0%A1%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B1%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0_-_3.jpg|[[Srebarna Nature Reserve]]
| File:Букова гора край х. Рай.jpg|[[Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe|Primeval Beech Forests of the Central Balkans]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/newproperties/|title=UNESCO World Heritage Centre - New Inscribed Properties (2017)|first=UNESCO World Heritage|last=Centre|website=Whc.unesco.org|access-date=2017-08-29|archive-date=2022-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706092159/https://whc.unesco.org/en/newproperties|url-status=live}}</ref>

| File:Nestinar.bulgari.jpg|[[Nestinarstvo]]
| File:Chiprovtsi-carpets.jpg|[[Chiprovtsi carpet]]
| File:Kukeri-Surva-festival-Pernik-2010--15.jpg|Surva, Masquerade games
| File:Град Копривщица 2016 - 3.jpg|[[Koprivshtitsa]] folklore fair
| File:Martenitsa Gustav Flickr.jpg|[[Martenitsa]]
}}

===Ethnic, cultural and historical tourism===
{{Cleanup gallery|date=August 2017}}
The Bulgarian cultural heritage has many faces and manifestations - archaeological reserves and monuments, museums, galleries, rich cultural calendar, preserved folklore and magnificent architectural monuments.

====Historical monuments and sites====
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| File:Tsarevets zvuk i svetlina.jpg|[[Tsarevets (fortress)|Tsarevets]] and [[Veliko Tarnovo]]
| File:Alexander_Nevsky_Cathedral_15.jpg|[[Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia|Alexander Nevsky Cathedral]]
| File:%D0%A1%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D1%81%D1%8A%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5.jpg|[[Bulgaria National Assembly Building|Bulgaria National Assembly]]
| File:Shipka pass (Шипка) - central Monument 2.JPG|[[Shipka Memorial]]
| File:Bulgaria Bulgaria-0785 - Roman Theatre of Philippopolis (7432772486).jpg|[[Plovdiv Roman theatre]]
| File:Perperikon_Nenko_Lazarow_131.JPG|[[Perperikon]]
| File:Baba_Vida_Klearchos_4.jpg|[[Baba Vida]]
| File:Bulgaria-Balchik-01.JPG|[[Balchik Palace]]
| File:Devils-bridge-Ardino1.jpg|[[Dyavolski most]]
| File:Nikopolis_ad_Istrum_view_1.jpg|[[Nicopolis ad Istrum]]
| File:Aleksandrovska grobniza.JPG|[[Thracian tomb of Aleksandrovo|Aleksandrovo Thracian tomb]]
| File:Belogradchik fortress 2009.jpg|[[Belogradchik Fortress]]
| File:Ruse TodorBozhinov HDR (1).jpg|[[Dohodno Zdanie]]
| File:The_Great_Basilica_Klearchos_1.jpg|[[Great Basilica, Pliska]]
| File:Lovech Bridge Klearchos.jpg|[[Covered Bridge, Lovech]]
| File:Church of the Holy Mother of God Asen's Fortress Klearchos 1.jpg|[[Asen's Fortress]]
| File:Euxinograd-palace-benkovski.png|[[Euxinograd]]
| File:Хан Крум и синове.jpg|[[Monument to 1300 Years of Bulgaria|1300 Years of Bulgaria]]
| File:Tower stronghold of Cherven (Bulgaria).JPG|[[Cherven (fortress)|Cherven fortress]]
| File:Villa Armira, the Mosaics 2.jpg|[[Villa Armira]]
| File:Bouzloudja02.jpg|[[Buzludzha]]
| |[[National Palace of Culture]]
| File:Vrana_Palace.jpg|[[Vrana Palace]]
| File:20140620 Veliko Tarnovo 263.jpg|[[Asen dynasty|Asenevtsi monument]]
| File:TatulSanctuaryHill.jpg|[[Tatul|Thracian Tomb of Tatul]]
}}

====Museums====
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| File:Bulgarian National History Museum.jpg|[[National Historical Museum (Bulgaria)|National Historical Museum]]
| File:National_Archaeological_Museum1.jpg|[[National Archaeological Museum (Bulgaria)|National Archaeological Museum]]
| File:Gallery for Foreign Art TodorBozhinov 041009.jpg|[[National Gallery for Foreign Art]]
| File:Aero L-29 (NMMH).jpg|[[National Museum of Military History (Bulgaria)|National Museum of Military History]]
| File:National Museum of Natural History, Bulgaria 2009 20090405 001.JPG|[[National Museum of Natural History (Bulgaria)|National Museum of Natural History]]
| File:Sofia_Public_Mineral_Baths.jpg|Sofia History Museum
| File:Vasil Levski Museum, Karlovo 01.JPG|National museum "[[Vasil Levski]]", [[Karlovo]]
| File:Rousse Transport Museum 6.jpg|[[National Transport Museum, Bulgaria|National Transport Museum]]
| File:Mastodont Anancus arvernensis - Park Pliocene epoch, Dorkovo 01.JPG|Dorkovo Museum
| File:Панорама "Плененска епопея 1877 г.".jpg|[[Pleven Panorama]]
| File:Mogilitsa IFB 3.jpg|[[Agushevi konatsi]], [[Mogilitsa]]
| File:Staia-v-muzeia.jpg|Museum of the rose, [[Kazanlak]]
| File:Rozhen dome 2.jpg|[[Rozhen Observatory]]
| File:Winemuseum.jpg|[[Wine Museum (Pleven)|Wine Museum]]
| File:Humor_house_Gabrovo3.JPG|[[House of Humour and Satire]]
| File:Dolphin show Varna 2.JPG|[[Varna, Bulgaria|Varna]] dolphinarium
| File:Mining museums of Pernik 05.JPG|Mining museum, [[Pernik]]
| File:Collier byzantin - Varna.JPG|[[Varna Archaeological Museum]]
| File:Museum of Sozart 21.jpg|[[Museum of Socialist Art, Sofia]]
| File:Devnya-mosaics-museum-gorgon-medusa-1.jpg|[[Museum of Mosaics, Devnya]]
}}

====Thracian treasures====
[[Thracians]] made beautifully ornate golden and silver objects such as various kinds of vessels, [[rhyton]]s, facial masks, pectorals, jewelry, weapons, etc. They used to bury rich hoards of precious objects both to hide them in times of enemy invasions and unrest as well as for ritual purposes. To date, more than 80 Thracian treasures have been excavated in [[Bulgaria]] which was the cradle of the Thracian civilization. 
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| File:Sofia - Panagyurishte Thracian Gold Treasure.jpg|[[Panagyurishte Treasure]]
| File:Rogozen.jpg|[[Rogozen Treasure]]
| File:Valchitran-treasure.jpg|[[Valchitran Treasure]]
| File:National Archaeological Museum Sofia - Golden Funeral Mask from the Svetitsata Tumulus (King Teres?).jpg|Golden mask of [[Teres I]]
| File:National Archaeological Museum Sofia - Bronze Head from the Golyama Kosmatka Tumulus near Shipka.jpg|Bronze head of [[Seuthes III]] found in [[Tomb of Seuthes III|Golyamata Kosmatka]]
| File:Lukovit-treasure1.jpg|[[Lukovit Treasure]]
| File:Letnitsa treasure.png|Letnitsa treasure
| File:Yakimovsko treasure.png|[[Yakimovo]] Thracian Treasure
| File:Ravnogor thracian treasure.png|Ravnogor Thracian Treasure
| File:Duvanlii golden necklace.png|A thracian golden necklace found in Arabadjiiska Mogila
| File:Sinemorets thracian treasure.jpg|[[Sinemorets]] Gold figurines
| File:Pletena helmet.jpg|Thracian helmet found in [[Pletena]]
| File:Vazovo Thracian Pegasus.png|[[Vazovo]] Thracian Pegasus
| File:KralevoTreasureOverview.jpg|Kralevo Treasure
| File:Sboryanovo-treasure.png|Golden treasure found in the [[Sveshtari]] Mound
| File:Sofia_-_King_Kotys_I%27s_Borovo_Treasure.jpg|King [[Cotys I (Odrysian)|Cotys I]]'s [[Borovo Treasure]]
| File:Sofia_-_Odrysian_Wreath_from_Golyamata_Mogila.jpg|Odrysian Wreath of [[Cersobleptes]], Zlatinica-[[Malomirovo]]
| File:Sofia - Mogilanska Mogila Funeral Offering.jpg|Mogilanska Mogila funeral offerings
}}

====Rural tourism====
The Bulgarian town house is an embodiment of the owner's social status, craft and traditions. Many old buildings that demonstrate this type of architecture—e.g. in the villages of Arbanasi, Leshten, Kovachevitsa, Melnik—have been preserved to the present day.
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| File:Kableshkov House-1.JPG|[[Koprivshtitsa]]
| File:Troyan Monastery E4.jpg|[[Troyan]]
| File:Etura Gabrovo 8.JPG|[[Etar Architectural-Ethnographic Complex|Etar]]
| File:Dryanovo church kf.jpg|[[Dryanovo]]
| File:Bulgaria-Elena-04.jpg|[[Elena (town)|Elena]]
| File:Tryavna-imagesfrombulgaria.JPG|[[Tryavna]]
| File:Bulgaria-Lovech-01.jpg|[[Lovech]], Varosha
| File:Bozhentsi.JPG|[[Bozhentsi]]
| File:Kovachevitsa, Bulgaria 3.jpg|[[Kovachevitsa]]
| File:Bulgaria-Zheravna-04.jpg|[[Zheravna]]
| File:Arbanasi house brendancox.jpg|[[Arbanasi, Bulgaria|Arbanasi]]
| File:20100214 Zlatograd Ethnological Complex 2.jpg|[[Zlatograd]]
| File:Широка лъка 2694841855 0aa91f0f21 o.jpg|[[Shiroka Laka]]
| File:Мелник - на улицата.JPG|[[Melnik, Bulgaria|Melnik]]
| File:ChurchandSchoolofLeshten.jpg|[[Leshten]]
| File:Bulgaria-Dolen-01.jpg|[[Dolen, Blagoevgrad Province|Dolen]]
| File:Brashlyan church.JPG|[[Brashlyan]]
| File:Staro-Stefanovo-alafrangi.jpg|[[Stefanovo, Lovech Province|Stefanovo]]
| File:Kosovo, Plovdiv Province 001.jpg |[[Kosovo, Plovdiv Province|Kosovo]]
| File:Tutrakan - street sceen..JPG |[[Tutrakan]]
}}

====City tourism====
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| File:Tzar Liberator Monument Sofia 1a.jpg|[[Sofia]]
| File:Roman Theatre Plovdiv.jpg|[[Plovdiv]]
| File:Asparuhov most.jpg|[[Varna, Bulgaria|Varna]]
| File:Bay of Burgas.jpg|[[Burgas]]
| File:Ruse TodorBozhinov 09.08.09 (29).JPG|[[Ruse, Bulgaria|Ruse, "The Little Vienna"]]
| File:V-tarnovo-gruev2.JPG|[[Veliko Tarnovo]]
| File:Sveta Troitca Svistov.jpg|[[Svishtov]]
}}

==== Monasteries ====
During the 13th and especially during the 14th centuries the construction of monasteries thrived. Due to the troubled times many monasteries resembled fortresses. They usually had rectangular shape, the buildings surrounded a yard in which the main church was located. From the outside they had high stone walls reinforced with counterforts, and from the inside there were galleries with several stores which led towards the dwellings of the monks.

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| File:Rila Monastery, August 2013.jpg|[[Rila Monastery]]
| File:Bulgarien-Roschen-2-1996.jpg|[[Rozhen Monastery]]
| File:Bachkovo Monastery TB 3.jpg|[[Bachkovo Monastery]]
| File:Troyan-monastery-imagesfrombulgaria.JPG|[[Troyan Monastery]]
| File:20140622_Dryanovo_Monastery_10.jpg|[[Drianovo Monastery]]
| File:Sokolski-monastery-church.JPG|[[Sokolski Monastery]]
| File:Cherepishki monastery.JPG|Cherepishki Monastery
| File:Shipka Memorial Church Bulgaria 17.jpg|[[Shipka Monastery]]
| File:Zemen Monastery TB (3).JPG|[[Zemen Monastery]]
| File:Monasterio de Aladzha, provincia de Varna, Bulgaria, 2016-05-27, DD 121.jpg|[[Aladzha Monastery]]
| File:Бесарбовски скален манастир, Русе, България.jpg|[[Basarbovo Monastery]]
| File:M.Preobrajenski 01.JPG|[[Transfiguration Monastery]]
}}

==== Churches ====
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| File:Desislava.jpg|[[Boyana Church]]
| File:Ivanovski_skalni_tsarkvi_20110714-42.JPG|[[Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo|Rock-hewn Churches]]
| File:Несебыр_Церковь_Св_Стефана_Инте��ьер.jpg|[[Church of St Stephen, Nesebar|Churches of Nessebar]]
| File:Bulgaria_Bulgaria-1045_-_Every_Inch_a_Painting_(7469450786).jpg|Church of the Nativity of Christ in Arbanasi
| File:Church_of_Sveta_Arhangeli_Mikhail_%26_Gavril,_Arbanasi,_Bulgaria_(5681457706).jpg|Church of Sveta Arhangeli Mikhail & Gavril, Arbanasi
| File:Sv.Petka.Vukovo.7.JPG|[[Church of St Petka, Vukovo]]
| File:Sv.Dimitar.Boboshevo.2.JPG|[[Church of St Demetrius, Boboshevo]]
| File:Church_of_the_Holy_Mother_of_God_Asen%27s_Fortress_Klearchos_1.jpg|[[Church of the Holy Mother of God, Asen's Fortress]]
| File:Dormition_Berende_kyovchev.jpg|[[Church of St Peter, Berende]]
| File:Sv.Nikola.Slokoschtica.2.JPG|Saint Nicholas, Slokostitsa
}}

====Festivals and events====
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| File:Bulgarischer Dudelsack Gajda 20100625.JPG|[[Rozhen National Folklore Fair]]
| File:Bgnr.jpg|[[Epiphany (holiday)|Epiphany]]'s horo in [[Kalofer]]
| File:Bulgarian Rose.JPG|Festival of the rose, [[Kazanlak]]
| File:Сцената на The Prodigy по време на фестивала "Spirit of Burgas".jpg|[[Spirit of Burgas]]
| File:Scorpions-Kavarna2009-1.JPG|[[Kavarna Rock Fest]]
| File:July Morning 07.jpg|[[July Morning]], at [[Kamen Bryag]]
| File:Panevritmia do Babreka.jpg|[[Paneurhythmy]] dances at the [[Seven Rila Lakes]]
| File:Tsarevets_zvuk_i_svetlina.jpg|[[Tsarevets (fortress)|Tsarevets]] Sound and Light
| File:Kukeri-Surva-festival-Pernik-2010--15.jpg|Surva, Masquerade games
| File:Град Копривщица 2016 - 3.jpg|[[Koprivshtitsa]] folklore fair
}}

===Resorts and nature tourism===
====Seaside resorts====
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The [[Bulgarian Black Sea Coast]] is picturesque and diverse. White and golden sandy beaches occupy approximately 130&nbsp;km of the 378&nbsp;km long coast. The temperatures during the summer months are very suitable for marine tourism and the water temperature allows sea bathing from May to October. Prior to 1989 the Bulgarian Black Sea coast was internationally known as the Red Riviera. Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, however, its nickname has been changed to the Bulgarian Riviera.
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| File:Evgenidinev rusalka.jpg|[[Rusalka, Bulgaria|Rusalka]]
| File:Town of Primorsko aerial Boby Dimitrov.jpg|[[Primorsko]]
| File:Kavarna Bulgaria aerial photo from the Black Sea.jpg|[[Kavarna]]
| File:Albena resort Boby Dimitrov.jpg|[[Albena]]
| File:Kitenbeach.jpg|[[Kiten, Burgas Province|Kiten]]
| File:GoldenSands2005.JPG|[[Golden Sands]]
| File:Sts. Constantine and Helena cross.jpg|[[Saints Constantine and Helena, Bulgaria|Constantine and Helena]]
| File:Irakli-Evgord.jpg|[[Irakli (beach)|Irakli]]
| File:Ahtopol-beach-Ignat-Ignev.jpg|[[Ahtopol]]
| File:Veleka-sinemorets-mouth-dinev.jpg|[[Sinemorets]]
| File:Kamchia Cliffs.JPG|[[Kamchia (resort)|Kamchia]]
| File:Blacksea-bg-beach-dinev.jpg|[[Dyuni]]
| File:Sozopol TodorBozhinov 2009 (22).jpg|[[Sozopol]]
| File:Town of Pomorie aerial Boby Dimitrov.jpg|[[Pomorie]]
| File:Shkorpilovtsi evgenidinev.jpg|[[Shkorpilovtsi]]
| File:Byala2.jpg|[[Byala, Varna Province|Byala]]
| File:Bulgaria-Sunny Beach-05.jpg|[[Sunny Beach]]
| File:Balchik Bulgaria aerial photo from the Black Sea.jpg|[[Balchik]]
| File:Obzor2007 5.JPG|[[Obzor]]
| File:Dinevi marina at St Vlas resort.jpg|[[Sveti Vlas]]
}}

====Hiking and skiing====
The country has several ski areas which offer excellent conditions for skiing, snowboarding, ski running and other winter sports.
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| File:Statiunea Bansko - una din partii.jpg|[[Bansko]]
| File:Borovets_2015.jpg|[[Borovets]]
| File:Bulgarien um 1970 wahrscheinlich Pamporovo 1.jpg|[[Pamporovo]]
| File:Ruen IMG 4742.jpg|[[Osogovo]]
| File:Razlog Kapustin ifb.jpg|[[Razlog]]
| File:Malyovitsa.JPG|[[Malyovitsa]]
| File:Vitosha Cherni Vruh 12.JPG|[[Vitosha]]
| File:Uzana from Yspolin.JPG|[[Uzana (Bulgaria)|Uzana]]
}}

== National Parks ==
Bulgaria has 3 [[national park]]s, 11 [[nature park]]s and 55 [[nature reserve]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eea.government.bg/zpo/en/index_download.jsp|title=Register of protected areas in Bulgaria|publisher=Executive Environment Agency|access-date=2016-04-04|archive-date=2018-03-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311081130/http://eea.government.bg/zpo/en/index_download.jsp|url-status=live}}</ref> The first nature park in Bulgaria and the [[Balkan Peninsula]] is [[Vitosha Nature Park]], established in 1934.
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| File:Pirin national park.jpg|[[Pirin National Park]]
| File:CentrlRilaReservation.jpg|Rila National Park
| File:Centralbalkan.jpg|[[Central Balkan National Park]]
| File:Belasitsa Flower.jpg|[[Belasitsa Nature Park]]
| File:Bulgarka2.JPG|[[Bulgarka Nature Park]]
| File:Bistrishko-Branishte.jpg|Vitosha Nature Park
| File:Zlatni park3.JPG|[[Golden Sands Nature Park]]
| File:Danube at belene.jpg|[[Persina Nature Park]]
| File:Bulgaria-Karandila-05.jpg|Sinite Kamani Nature Park
| File:Strandzha Natural Park, Bulgaria.jpg|Strandzha Nature Park
| File:RusenskiLomPark.jpg|Rusenski Lom Nature Park
| File:Rock-hewn Churches of Osmar 11.jpg|Shumensko Plato Nature Park
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===Caves and waterfalls===

As of 2002, there are around 4,500 discovered underground formations in Bulgaria.<ref>{{cite book |title= География на България. Физическа и социално-икономическа география |year= 2002|publisher=„ФорКом“ |isbn= 954-464-123-8|pages=64}}</ref> The earliest written records about the caves in Bulgaria are found in the manuscripts of the 17th century [[Bulgarian National Revival]] figure and historian [[Petar Bogdan]]. The first Bulgarian speleological society was established in 1929. The caves in the country are inhabited by more than 700 invertebrate species and 32 of the 37 species of [[bat]]s found in [[Europe]].
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| File:DevilsThroathCave.jpg|[[Devil's Throat Cave]]
| File:Bacho Kiro Cave.jpg|[[Bacho Kiro cave]]
| File:Devetàshka peshterà (Devetàshka cave).JPG|[[Devetashka cave]]
| File:LedenikaCave.jpg|[[Ledenika]]
| File:Magura-cave-pictographs.jpg|[[Magura Cave]]
| File:Prohodna cave Eyes TottoBG.jpg|[[Prohodna]]
| File:WhiteCastleStalagmite.jpg|[[Saeva dupka]]
| File:Snejanka-Cave.jpg|[[Snezhanka (cave)]]
| File:Uhlovitza-cave-niche.jpg|[[Uhlovitsa]]
| File:Babsko praskalo.JPG|[[Babsko Praskalo]]
| File:Borov kamyk 201.jpg|[[Borov Kamak]]
| File:Emen waterfall 2.jpg|[[Emen, Bulgaria|Emen]]
| File:Raysko-praskalo-cc-karalamov.jpg|[[Raysko Praskalo]]
| File:Vodopad.varovitec.JPG|[[Etropole Waterfall]]
| File:Waterfall Karlovsko pruskalo.jpg|[[Karlovsko Praskalo]]
| File:KrushunaIwatterfall2.jpg|[[Krushuna Falls]]
| File:Popinolashki vodopad.jpg|[[Popinolashki waterfall]]
| File:Skakavitsa Waterfall TB1.jpg|[[Skakavitsa Waterfall]]
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===Nature landforms and formations===

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| File:Bulgaria-The Stone Mushrooms-03.jpg|[[The Stone Mushrooms]]
| File:Белоградчишките скали.JPG|[[Belogradchik Rocks]]
| File:Bulgaria-Pobiti Kamani-03.jpg|[[Pobiti Kamani|The Stone Desert]]
| File:Trigrad gorge.jpg|[[Trigrad Gorge]]
| File:Panorama stobski piramidi.jpg|Stob Pyramids
| File:Stone River in Vitosha 47.jpg|[[Zlatnite Mostove]]
| File:Wonderful-bridges-large1.jpg|[[Marvelous Bridges]]
| File:Iskar-gorge-2.jpg|[[Iskar Gorge]]
| File:Ritlite-3.jpg|Ritlite
| File:Melnik Pyramides 01.jpg|[[Melnik Earth Pyramids]]
| File:Kamenna svatba - The Groom and the Bride.jpg|Rock wedding, [[Kardzhali]]
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==Statistics==
===Arrivals by country===
Most visitors arriving in Bulgaria on short-term basis came from the following countries of nationality:<ref name="NSIVisitorsAbroad" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/data/timeseries/TUR_1.3_For_en.xls|format=XLS|title=Tourism figures : Purpose of visit|website=Nsi.bg|access-date=2017-08-29|archive-date=2019-08-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822151335/http://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/data/timeseries/TUR_1.3_For_en.xls|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/data/timeseries/TUR_1.3_For_en.xls |title=TUR 1.3 For en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822151335/http://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/data/timeseries/TUR_1.3_For_en.xls |archive-date=2019-08-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/data/timeseries/TUR_1.4_For_en.xls|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191118020049/https://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/data/timeseries/TUR_1.4_For_en.xls|url-status=dead|title=TUR 1.4 For en|archivedate=November 18, 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|- style="color:white;"
!  style="width:5px; background:#00966E;"| Rank
!  style="width:150px; background:#00966E;"| Country
!
!  style="width:80px; background:#00966E; text-align:right;"| 2019
!  style="width:80px; background:#00966E; text-align:right;"| 2018
!  style="width:80px; background:#00966E; text-align:right;"| 2017
!  style="width:80px; background:#00966E; text-align:right;"| 2016
!  style="width:80px; background:#00966E; text-align:right;"| 2015
|- 
|1||{{flagcountry|Romania}}
| || 3,400,340 || 2,035,606 || 1,943,436 || 1,743,697 || 1,499,854
|-
|2||{{flagcountry|Turkey}}
| || 1,628,231 || 1,534,809 || 1,437,276 || 1,312,895 || 1,237,841
|-
|3||{{flagcountry|Greece}}
| || 1,277,610 || 1,290,313 ||  1,272,997 || 1,157,062 || 1,024,527
|-
|4||{{flagcountry|Germany}}
| || 1,245,400 || 1,063,502 ||  1,046,219  || 1,003,030 || 826,142
|-
|5|| {{flagcountry|Serbia}}
| || 679,336 || 632,902 || 541,303  || 490,668 || 501,091
|-
|6||{{flagcountry|North Macedonia}}
| || 670,450 || 609,591 || 583,026  || 562,365 || 506,052
|-
|7||{{flagcountry|Ukraine}}
| ||  596,993 || 487,400 || 388,645  || 342,214 || 310,777
|-
|8||{{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}
| || 589,342 || 424,384 || 352,054   || 281,777 || 250,038
|-
|9||{{flagcountry|Russia}} 
| || 460,770 || 522,085 || 565,754 || 589,844 || 493,989
|-
|10||{{flagcountry|Poland}}
| || 445,316 || 474,984 || 424,724 || 388,833 || 285,455
|-
|11||{{flagcountry|France}}
| ||  250,014 || 260,099 || 231,348 || 195,571 || 171,305
|-
|12||{{flagcountry|Israel}}
| || 246,404 || 245,567 || 209,304  || 183,846 || 155,276
|-
|13||{{flagcountry|Czech Republic}}
| || 214,550 || 236,265 || 209,218  || 219,349 || 160,978
|-
|14||{{flagcountry|Austria}} 
| ||214,179 || 217,541 || 216,986 || 204,489 || 175,024
|-
|15||{{flagcountry|Netherlands}}
| || 176,122 || 193,362 || 183,755   || 147,882 || 125,378
|-
|16||{{flagcountry|Italy}}
| || 167,658 || 181,770 || 177,250 || 152,078 || 143,446
|-
|17||{{flagcountry|Belgium}} 
| || 155,367 || 170,146 || 152,739   || 119,429 || 100,777
|-
|18||{{flagcountry|Hungary}} 
| || 111,132 || 102,956 || 111,405  || 118,805 || 102,189
|-
|19||{{flagcountry|United States}}
| || 109,283 || 101,220 ||  90,963  || 82,465 || 81,979
|-
|20||{{flagcountry|Slovakia}}
| || 87,227 || 101,887 || 81,318 || 78,167 || 74,770
|-
|colspan="2" | Total<ref>{{cite web | url=https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/reports/result.jsf?x_2=203 | title=Резултат от справка | access-date=2018-05-01 | archive-date=2018-08-31 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831174808/https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/reports/result.jsf?x_2=203 | url-status=live }}</ref>
| || 14,450,400 || 11,596,167 || 10,604,396 || 9,316,624
|-
|}

== See also ==
 
* [[List of World Heritage Sites in Bulgaria ]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikivoyage|Bulgaria}}
* [https://www.bulgariatravel.org/en/ Official Bulgaria tourism website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509084646/https://bulgariatravel.org/en/ |date=2021-05-09 }}
* {{commons category-inline|Tourism in Bulgaria}}

{{Unesco-bg}}
{{Bulgarian Black Sea resorts}}
{{Bulgaria topics}}
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