Over 1 million Romanian tourists will visit Bulgaria in 2012, Bulgaria’s Deputy Economy Minister in charge of tourism, Ivo Marinov, predicted. Marinov spoke at a tourism forum in Romania‘s capital Bucharest on Friday during the 8th World Meeting of Bulgarian Media, as cited by Cross. He noted that a total of 960 365 Romanians visited Bulgaria in 2011, an increase of 4.6% compared with [...]
May 20, 2012 | Posted in
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Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea resort of Sunny Beach expects to welcome large groups of Russians, Brits, Germans and Irish in the last ten days of May 2012, according to Elena Ivanova from the Union of Hotel Owners in Sunny Beach. In Ivanova’s words, as cited by the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency (BTA), demand before the start of the summer season indicates that the industry will [...]
May 15, 2012 | Posted in
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The official start of the summer tourist season will be given by the end of May, according to the Deputy Economy Minister in charge of the Tourist Industry, Ivo Marinov. The date is most likely going to be scheduled around the Day of Slavic Script and Culture, May 24, when Bulgarians get four days off, according to Marinov, who [...]
May 11, 2012 | Posted in
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Bulgaria is focusing on developing alternative forms of tourism, the country’s Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism Delyan Dobrev has stated. On Monday, Dobrev commented on an announcement made by the country’s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov that the Tourism Unit of the Ministry is to be shifted to Bulgaria’s second largest city of Plovdiv. “We reckon that a high priority should be [...]
May 6, 2012 | Posted in
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Some 1.5 million Romanian tourists are expected to visit Bulgaria’s Black Sea summer resorts this season, according to Rumen Draganov, head of the Institute for Analysis and Estimates in Tourism. “The year on year increase is expected to be around 11%,” Draganov has told the Monitor daily. According to the expert, the number of Romanian [...]
May 2, 2012 | Posted in
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Deputy Minister Ivo Marinov has argued that moving the Tourism Unit of theMinistry of Economy, Energy and Tourism to Plovdiv will boost specialized forms of tourism which are already well developed in the southern Bulgarian city. Marinov told journalists Monday that the planned move matched the policy of developing and presenting Bulgaria as a tourist destination with an emphasis [...]
April 30, 2012 | Posted in
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Bulgaria will try to attract a greater number of Macedonian tourists, as the country is to present itself at the Skopje Travel Market 2012 that is launched on Tuesday. New products, lesser known tourist routes and detailed information on Bulgaria’s Spaand wellness centers will be presented at the Macedonian tourism fair, the Bulgarian Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism has announced. Companies from Sofia, Plovdiv, Veliko Tarnovo [...]
April 25, 2012 | Posted in
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Bulgaria expects to see an approximately 20% increase in Russian tourists this year, according to the country’s Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism, Delyan Dobrev. Dobrev pointed out that Russian tourists with Schengen visas can now visit Bulgaria, which would boost the Bulgarian tourism sector. “We expect a significant growth, especially on the Russian market,” the Minister said. Tourism is likely the sole economic sector in Bulgaria that is [...]
April 21, 2012 | Posted in
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Greek tourism revenues could mark a 5% decrease in 2012 due to a fall in pre-bookings from Germany, industry officials have said. Greece expects tourist numbers to fall 3 % from 16.4 million last year, prompting a 5% fall in revenues, in the wake of the country’s negative publicity in its top tourists markets and [...]
March 10, 2012 | Posted in
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Eurosport will air a special report on Bulgaria’s participation in ITB Berlin, the world’s largest tourism fair, the Bulgarian Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism has informed. On Thursday, Bulgaria’s Deputy Economy Minister Ivo Marinov met with representatives of FTI Group, REWE Group and Bravo Tours-Denmark. The business representatives offered joint advertisement campaigns that could [...]
March 9, 2012 | Posted in
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