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Russians among the most numerous tourists in Bulgarian resorts, Minister Angelkova says

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Bulgaria comes first among destinations that are suitable to accommodate the Russian tourist flow in 2016, said Oleg Safonov, head of the Federal Agency of Tourism during this country’s representation before the state Duma. Bulgarian Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova presented Bulgaria as an attractive tourist destination. Russians are among the most numerous foreign tourists across Bulgarian summer resorts and we see it as our duty as administration to create the best conditions and to stimulate more travels of theirs, the minister said. She underlined that her institution was consistently working for the encouraging of the tourist flow between the two countries.




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