Bulgarian treasury enjoyed a 21 % increase in tourism income for 2003, Economy Ministry announced on Wednesday. The reported flow of USD 1.622 B has outreached the expected results of about USD 1.5 B. That financial picture is even more impressive on the background of the global decreasing trend in the sector, marking a 1.2 % slope in 2003. A total of 4.047 million tourists have come to Bulgaria over 2003, which makes for 17.9 % more visits than previous year. December only, when the winter season kicked off, has seen a 28.34 % increase of tourist flocks. Greece tops the list of mostly interested in Bulgarian holiday making, with 547,000 visitors, Germany and Macedonia at its heels. The official data showed that Bulgaria has become even more attractive to the EU with 25-30 % more tourists from there. Bulgaria is the fastest developing tourist destination on the Old Continent, followed by Romania, Iceland and Italy, according to surveys of the European Tourism Commission.