4. · INTERNATIONAL TOURISM - BULGARIA TOURIST ARRIVALS FOR LEISURE & RECREATION · (excl. children without own passports) Bulgarian Tourism Authority

5. INTERNATIONAL TOURISM - BULGARIA TOURIST ARRIVALS FOR LEISURE & RECREATION – 2004 (in thousand) Bulgarian Tourism Authority · *excluding "shuttle trade* from F.Y.R.O. Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro

6. ARRIVALS OF JAPANESE TOURISTS IN BULGARIA WITH PURPOSE OF VISIT LEISURE&RECREATION Bulgarian Tourism Authority

7. INTERNATIONAL TOURISM - BULGARIA BALANCE OF PAYMENTS (IN MILLION EURO) Bulgarian Tourism Authority

8. UNESCO SITES

9. TRACIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE

10. VALLEY OF ROSES

11. BULGARIAN MONASTERIES

12. BULGARIA - LAND OF NEW DISCOVERIES · Perperikon - a cradle of civilization before the Olympian gods existed · The golden embossment mask · of King Teres (440 - 480 BC)

13. BEACH HOLIDAYS

14. SKI VACATIONS

15. RURAL TOURISM

17. · SHARE OF TOURISM INDUSTRY IN GDP - 2004 · - INTERNATIONAL REVENUES – 9.0 % · - INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC TOURISM - 12.5 % · · 2004 · DIRECT EMPLOYMENT IN TOURISM - 170 000 · TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYED IN OTHER SECTORS RELATED TO TOURISM - 400 000