31.7.2007

DFI up 10 per cent for H1 2007, compared to H1 2006

The direct foreign investments in Bulgaria in the first half of the year were by about 10 per cent less compared to the same period in 2006.

The foreign investments for the first six months of 2007 amounted to 1.5 billion euro, while in the first half of 2006 they were 1.7 billion euro, according to a report of the Centre for Economic Development and Status of Bulgaria, completed at the end of June 2007.

The earnings from foreign tourists in Bulgaria from January to April were 332.7 million euro, which is 14 per cent more than in the same period of 2006. On the other hand, Bulgarians now tend to spend considerably more when abroad; for the first four months of 2007 they spent 389 million euro. (Source: Standart)