Bulgaria Tourism

Bulgaria 's Ministry of Economy, Energy, and Tourism has declared that it is in the process of transposing into its legislation the EU's third power and gas market opening directives.

Bulgaria's Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism has organized Bulgaria's participation at this year's " Ferie for Alle " tourism fair in Herning, Denmark .

More than ten companies, including leading tour operators from Bulgaria, will introduce visitors and participants at AITF 2012 to their services.

Bulgaria's Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, says media reports on possible terrorist attacks harm the country's tourism and its relations with the Arab world.

Rumen Draganov, Director of the Institute for Analyses and Assessment of Tourism, has said that Bulgaria must set up a guarantee facility to brush up the image of its troubled tourist sector.

Traicho Traikov, Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism, has termed Burgas-Alexandroupolis as a transit project of questionable benefit for Bulgaria.

According to a recent statement of Economy, Energy and Tourism Minister, Traicho Traikov, wine is part of Bulgaria's tourism package and gives it diversification and image.

The Deputy Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism, Evgeni Angelov, is moving to the team of Bulgaria's new President.

"The tourism depends on two things: the quality and the prices," he said. "I don't know how fast the prices will rise and still be OK for the patients from Western Europe, but I think many clinics will try to develop it." Experts say Bulgaria with its combination of well-trained healthcare workers and low salaries is in a good position to become a ... (more)

Abdelmalek Sellal , Algeria 's Minister of Water Resources, has been welcomed in Sofia by Bulgarian Economy, Energy, and Tourism Minister Traicho Traikov .

Two of the hundreds of Russians stranded for days in Bulgaria's Black Sea Burgas and Varna airports.

Fraught as it may have been by controversies including food poisoning cases, "alcohol tourism", several fatal plunges from hotel balconies, drownings and alleged tax evasion, Bulgaria's tourist industry appears set to report improved profits as the peak summer season draws to a close.

Hotels in the Black Sea area of Bulgaria are calling for certain tour operators to be banned from their accommodation to prevent a rise in 'booze tourism' by Britons, Germans and Scandinavians.

Fed up with the bad image lent to Bulgaria by resorts plagued by drunken and rowdy foreign tourists who come to drink themselves silly on cheap booze, a group of hoteliers want to "blacklist" tour operators who organise alcohol tourism trips.

Construction projects at sites on the "religion tourism" route and in communities that have no houses of worship is to be stepped up, to a total of 224 000 leva, Bulgaria's Cabinet decided on July 13 2011.

Bulgaria has become one of the most favoured places for young western Europeans and other foreigners who want to indulge in "alcohol tourism," the private television channel bTV reported on June 7 2011.

According to Marin Neshkov, Chair of the Varna Chamber of Tourism, Bulgaria has started to attract increasingly low-income tourists.

The month before July and the advent of Bulgaria's peak summer tourism season saw optimistic estimates about stronger visitor numbers this year, but it was clear that the local industry continues to be dogged by shortcomings.

Mihail Andonov is the new executive director of Bulgaria's state-owned power utility NEK , Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism Traicho Traikov announced Tuesday.

Bulgaria offers the best prices for vacations in the EU this summer, according to Blagoy Ragin , head of the Bulgarian Association of Restaurant and Hotel Owners.

Traicho Traikov, Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism. Photo by BGNES. Biodiesel consumption in Bulgaria registered a staggering increase in 2010 amounting to 38 911, 13 tons, according to preliminary information from the Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism .

Rob Palleschi , Global Head at DoubleTree by Hilton , paid a visit to Bulgaria for the official opening of the brand latest destination - the DoubleTree by Hilton Varna - Golden Sands on the Black Sea coast, which represents the first global hotel brand in the popular tourism hub.

The list of so-called National Tourist Sites , currently numbering 100, is set to be increased to 150, announced Bulgarian vice-Minister for Tourism Ivo Marinov .

Summer tourism in Bulgaria this year is set either for an upswing or a downturn, depending on to whom you listen.

The town of Melnik with the so called Melnik Pyramids, miraculous rock formations, in the background.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon will embark on travels Wednesday to Bulgaria, and Geneva, Switzerland, as well as Istanbul, Turkey, where he will attend the 4th UN Conference on Least Developed Countries, UN spokesman Martin Nesirky told reporters here Monday. Ban will begin his trip in Sofia, Bulgaria, the note explained, where he will meet the country's president and prime minister as well as members of its parliament. He will then speak to a conference there. "The secretary-general w ...

The development of the international tourism project " Roman Emperors' Road " was a focus of the meeting of Bulgarian and Croatian Economy Ministers in Zagreb.

  Malta is currently more expensive for British tourists than Spain, Bulgaria, Portugal, Greece and Dubai, the Opposition spokesman for tourism said this orning. Gavin Gulia said that a typical UK holidaymaker in Malta will now spend GBP 68.97 per day whereas the same package will cost GBP 42.15 per day in Spain, a staggering 40% less. "It is no wonder that, whereas welcome increases have been registered from the Italian and Spanish markets, the number of UK tourists visiting Malta in 2010 declined by 9% compared to 2008 and by a staggering 14% compared to 2005," Dr Gulia said. He said the figures were being quoted from the Holiday Costs Barometer issued by the UK Post Office. Otherwise known as the ‘cost of living in resort’ index, this exercise is keenly followed by prospective UK holidaymakers particularly at a time when the weakness of the UK Pound against the Euro has also to be factored in, Dr Gulia said. Dr Gulia said the British press is keenly following these developments.   The Daily Express (16th April) announced on its front page that a typical UK family will...

German Ambassador to Sofia, Matthias Hopfner , voiced Monday strong optimism about the number of his fellow countrymen visiting Bulgaria for vacation and leisure.

The bookings for vocations in Bulgaria's Black Sea resorts have increased by 10% because of the unrest in the Middle East and North Africa.