Winter Tourism: 1.8 Million Visit Bulgaria
Bulgaria has witnessed a bustling winter tourism season, with a total of 1.8 million tourists gracing its picturesque landscapes from December 1 to March 25
Banks in Bulgaria have been recording consistent and significant growth in deposits throughout 2011, a trend which peaked in the last quarter of the year, official data shows.
The deposits of citizens in local banks increased by BGN 768 M only in December last year, according to data of the central bank BNB.
Thus the total amount of deposits of citizens hit a record-high BGN 31.9 B at the end of 2011, marking an annual increase by 21% over 2010.
From October to December 2011 deposits increased by BGN 1.4 B, which is the largest growth compared to the previous quarters and coincides with growing concerns over the economic situation in the eurozone.
The central bank however provided no break-down of the figures into Bulgarian and foreign-owned accounts.
There has been recently a noticeable trend among Greek and Romanian citizens and businesses, who prefer to open deposit accounts in Bulgarian banks, bankers have commented.
The Bulgarian banks stability and their more attractive interest rate policy are the main reasons for the interest of Greek and Romanian citizens and companies, according to the bankers.
Meanwhile a survey has shown that over the last five years only 45% of Bulgaria's population disposed of sufficient incomes to be able to put aside regular savings, predominantly small sums of BGN 100 per month.
A recent analysis by Bulgaria's biggest bank UniCredit Bulbank showed an interesting trend – in times of crisis people with larger deposits tend to increase the amounts in the bank accounts, while those with smaller savings have them downloaded.
Moreover, it appeared that over two thirds of the money deposited in banks are in the hands of just 5% of the households in the country.
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