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Bulgaria's Razlog to Advertise Tourism Opportunities to Indian Tour Operators [May 16, 2012] The southwestern Bulgarian town of Razlog is eager to present the opportunities for cultural and historical tourism, mineral baths and SPA treatments to tourists from India. On Sunday, Razlog will welcome representatives of Indian tour operators. The visit will take place within the forum "Bulgaria as a tourist destination on the Indian market". ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Moves to Seduce More Macedonian Tourists [Apr 24, 2012] 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 Spa and wellness centers will be presented at the Macedonian tourism fair, the Bulgarian Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism has announced ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria for Austrians - from Bogan to Boutique? [Mar 23, 2012] Austria is a traditional holiday destination for well-heeled Bulgarians. In Bulgaria however Austrian tourists are rare species, most often seeking a bargain and a binge. Could the Balkan country change from bogan to boutique to attract more? ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Spa Sector to Flourish Again due to Russians, Turks [Mar 08, 2012] Bulgaria's spa industry saw positive signs of recovery in 2011 even though a far cry from the boom years during the previous decade, figures show. The number of tourists, who visited balneo-spa hotels in Bulgaria to enjoy the balmy effects of the procedures on offer, increased by 8% last year, according to data of the country's balneo and spa tourism association. Industry officials expect balneo ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Take Part in Danish Tourism Fair [Feb 23, 2012] Bulgaria's Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism has organized Bulgaria's participation at this year's "Ferie for Alle" (Vacation for Everyone) tourism fair in Herning, Denmark. The fair will take place between February 24 and February 26. Bulgaria's 24-square meter pavilion will present the country as a year-round tourists destination, with sea, cultural, Spa and golf tourism in the focus. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Notorious Alma Tour Officially Bankrupt [Feb 16, 2012] A Bulgarian court has officially declared Alma Tour tour operator bankrupt, half a year after hundreds of foreign tourists were kept hostages at a Bulgarian airport because of the company's outstanding debts. Sofia City Court ruling was filed at the Registry Agency on January 24, the financial supervision commission announced this week. The scandal-hit Bulgarian tour operator Alma Tour and Alma ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Mulls Ways to Attract More Romanian Tourists [Feb 02, 2012] A large-scale business forum is held Thursday and Friday in the central Bulgarian city and old capital Veliko Tarnovo focusing on ways to attract more Romanian tourists. The forum is attended by a number of Romanian companies from the travel sector to hear presentations on Bulgaria as a year-round tourist destination, the largest private TV channel bTV reported Thursday. The event is organized ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Must Set Up Guarantee Fund to Handle Stranded Tourists - Expert [Jan 04, 2012] Rumen Draganov, Director of the Institute for Analyses and Assessment of Tourism, has suggested that guarantee fund should be set up for cases of Bulgarian tourists left stranded abroad. In a Wednesday interview, he explained that the lack of such a facility meant that there was no mechanism through which Bulgarian citizens and citizens from other countries using Bulgarian tour operators could ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Pamporovo Officially Launches Winter Season [Dec 11, 2011] The top Bulgarian winter resort ? Pamporovo is officially launching this weekend the winter season with a ski show. Despite the lack of snow and the unusually warm for December weather, the resort already welcomed the first tourists with tracks covered with artificial snow. Pamporovo, deemed Bulgaria's winter resort with the most sunshine, is ready for the season, which will not be an easy one ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Top Destination for Hunting Red Deer - Govt Agency [Oct 07, 2011] Bulgaria has emerged as one of the most popular global destinations for the hunting of red deer among "hunting tourists," according to the State Forestry Agency. A total of 73 foreign hunters arrived to hunt red deer in the past month, the Agency said in a statement, adding that the red deer population in Bulgaria numbers between 18 000 and 21 000 animals. The trophies from red deer's horns that ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria opens Socialist art museum [Sep 20, 2011] SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria opened a museum of Communist-era art in capital Sofia on Monday as the small Balkan country tries to lure foreign tourists and benefit from their interest in life under a totalitarian regime which collapsed in 1989. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria opens Socialist art museum [Sep 19, 2011] SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria opened a museum of Communist-era art in capital Sofia on Monday as the small Balkan country tries to lure foreign tourists and benefit from their interest in life under a totalitarian regime which collapsed in 1989. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Probe Tour Operator, Air Carrier over Stranded Tourists [Sep 12, 2011] Bulgaria's Sofia Prosecutor's Office will probe the Bulgarian Alma Tour tour operator and the Bulgaria Air airline carrier concerning the nearly 700 Russian and Finish tourists stranded in the country's southern Black Sea city of Burgas. Even though the conflict between the two companies is purely intercorporate, it can still be probed into, Margarita Nemska, spokesperson of the Sofia Prosecutor ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Mulls Offering Free Vacations to Tourists Stranded at Coastal Airports [Sep 12, 2011] Hotel owners in Bulgaria are considering inviting the tourists who spent three days at the airport of the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Burgas on a free vacation in June next year. The information was reported Monday by the Bulgarian Dnevnik daily, citing the Association of Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Owners. The final decision on the offer will be made on September 27 at the meeting of the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Hundreds tourists stranded in Bulgaria over trade row [Sep 10, 2011] SOFIA (Reuters) - Hundreds of foreign tourists are stranded at the Bulgarian Black Sea airport of Burgas after their charter flights were canceled over a payment row between their tour operator and the flight carrier, officials said on Saturday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's 2011 Foreign Tourism Income to Reach EUR 2.7 B [Aug 28, 2011] Bulgaria's total 2011 income from foreign tourists will reach EUR 2.7 B, according to estimates from the National Tourism Board, an NGO. Thus, in 2011, Bulgaria's income from foreign tourists will grow by 4.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's 2011 Tourist Season Shapes to Be Best in Decade [Aug 13, 2011] Bulgaria's 2011 summer tourist season will most likely end up being the most successful in terms of revenues in the past ten years, various data indicates. The Institute for Analysis and Assessment in Tourism, a think-tank, estimated that 6.6 million tourists will have visited the Bulgarian Black Sea by the end of the season in August 2011.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Plovdiv Boasts Increase of Tourist Visits [Jul 11, 2011] The number of Bulgarian and foreign tourists, who have visited Bulgaria's second largest city of Plovdiv, has increased significantly. The data comes from the Tourist Informational Center in downtown Plovdiv, cited by the local daily "Maritsa." ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bus carrying Ukrainian tourists crashes in Bulgaria, killing 1, injuring 7 [Jul 07, 2011] SOFIA, Bulgaria - Police say a bus carrying 37 tourists from Ukraine crashed into a ditch alongside a highway near Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, killing one passenger and injuring seven. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Has Started to Attract Lower-Income Tourists - Expert [Jul 05, 2011] As a tourist destination, Bulgaria participates in the redistribution of tourist flows regardless of where the negative processes and crisis situations occur, but over the past years Bulgaria has been attracting increasingly low-income tourists, according to Marin Neshkov, Chair of the Varna Chamber of Tourism. Seasonal statistics must be prepared with regard to revenues per tourist, Neshkov has ... [via YahooNews] More >>