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Amended tourism law aims at better quality of service

By sofiaecho.com

After being altered two years ago, the law on tourism is getting ready to undergo another set of amendments after Plamen Mollov, the floor leader of the National Movement for Stability and Progress, o

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Bulgaria registers 18% more foreign tourists

By Unal Basusta, eTN

The number of visits of foreign tourists in Bulgaria has increased by 18% during the first half of 2008, compared to the same period of last year, according to preliminary data from the National Stati

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Wizz Air Doubling Sofia-based Fleet

Bulgaria’s airports maintain double-digit growth

Passenger demand at Bulgaria’s three main international airports has almost tripled since 2000 with double-digit growth achieved every year.

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Roman settlement in Bulgaria open to tourists

The Roman town Nikopolis ad Nestum, near the current town of Gotse Delchev, in South-Western Bulgaria, will be opened for tourists from June 1 2008 onwards, after its restoration and preservation.

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Separate Tourism Ministry put forward in Bulgaria

Management and advertising in tourism sector in Bulgaria should be completed by a ministry to be instituted in the context of the upcoming overall changes in the cabinet, the National Tourism Board proposed at a sitting on Wednesday.

The body's members, whose number was increased by six, insisted that 1,5 percent more from tourism ... read more

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Bad service chases Scandinavian tourists from Bulgarian beaches

The largest tour operators on the Bulgarian market have registered an unexpected decrease of up to 50 per cent in the number of bookings made by Scandinavian tourists.

The reasons given were criminal cases in which Scandinavian tourists in Bulgaria had been involved in the summer of 2006, and the bad service in most Bulgarian hotels, ... read more

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Bulgaria promoted as tourist destination in Russia

Bulgaria showcased its tourist appeal at the 15th Travel and Tourism international exhibition in Moscow with its largest stand to date, spreading 462 sq m, which hosted the smaller stands of 44 Bulgarian companies.

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EU gives EUR 215M to Bulgaria for tourism development

Bulgaria is to receive EUR 215 M for tourism development under the Regional Development operative programme of the European Union, director of the National Tourism Board (NTB), Poly Karastoyanova, announced on Wednesday.

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Rescue teams save 60 tourists in Bulgaria’s Stara Planina

Bulgaria's civil protection service in Kazanluk, in central Bulgaria, rescued 60 tourists trapped by snow-drifts in three chalets atthe foot of Bouzloudja peak on February 17 2008.

Kazanluk mayor Stefan Damyanov personally co-ordinated the operation, which went on for four hours, zagrada.bg reported.

Strong winds, reaching up to ... read more

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Bulgaria tourism strategy calls for new sector law

Anelia Kroushkova, head of Bulgaria's State Agency for Tourism, has asked for a new law on tourism that will put an end to irresponsible and uncontrolled construction in Bulgaria's resorts, Standart daily reported on February 13 2008.

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Japan to Help Bulgaria Become More Attractive for Japanese Tourists

Bulgarian page on the European Tourism Commission site (http://www.visiteurope.com/) is already translated into Japanese language.

This gives big source of information about Bulgaria to every Japanese citizen, decided to learn more or to visit ... read more

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Bright expectations for Bulgaria's gambling tourism

On the initiative of Bulgaria's State Commission on Gambling (SCG) on January 30 representatives of the gambling branch, academic circles and of the Chief Directorate for Combating Organised Crime (CDCOC) gathered for a conference at the University for National and World Economy (UNWE) in search of “highly efficient decisions” on the ... read more

Greece and Turkey to benefit from Bulgaria's future losses in tourism

Turkey and Greece will most probably win billions of EUR from tourism after the realization of Burgas - Alexandroupolis pipeline project, says an analysis, reported by the Standart daily.

Lately Bulgarian tourism has been making about 2 billion EUR profits per year according to official information of local hoteliers and tourist ... read more