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Bulgaria and Israel negotiating rise in tourist exchange

Photo: Ministry of Tourism

Bulgarian Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova and Israeli counterpart Yariv Levin agreed in Tel Aviv to set up a joint working group in order to increase tourist exchange. It was reported that in 2017, Bulgaria was visited by nearly 210,000 tourists, which is a 14-percent increase in comparison to 2016th.

Minister Angelkova opened a Bulgarian information stand at the IMTM International Tourism Fair - the largest one in the East Mediterranean region and Israel, the Ministry of Tourism announced.



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