The number of accommodation facilities in Bulgaria has doubled to 3,300 over the past two years, shows data of the national statistical office for 2007.

The total domestic bed capacity is 273,300 beds. Each was booked for an average of 66 days last year, down from 70 days in 2006 and 73 days in 2005.

Non-residents booked 12 mln overnights in 2007 versus 6 mln made by Bulgarians.

Annual revenues per hotel bed stood at 2,500 levs, up from 2,300 in 2006 and 2,100 in 2005.

Each tourist made a booking for 3.8 overnights on average, each overnight generating a revenue of 37.8 levs.

The Sofia hotels tallied 735,500 bookings last year. Each of the 12,400 hotel beds in the capital was booked for an average of 109.5 days, yielding close to 10,000 in annual revenues. The average cost per night is 85.6 levs. The average booking last year was for 1.8 days.

The Sofia bed capacity increased by 500 last year

Source: http://news.dnevnik.bg/