The 2019 tourist season has been extremely controversial for Bulgaria, according to the Association of Bulgarian Tour Operators and Travel Agents. Until September, the decline in in the sphere reached 2%. This is largely due to the decline in the number of EU tourists with 500,000 fewer nights. The number of German tourists is down 23%; that of Russians - 15%; Scandinavians - 27%. At the same time the number of Romanian guests is up 29% and Bulgaria’s northern neighbors have occupied the number 2 spot of the tourism market in Bulgaria. After 5 years of decline, the Ukrainian market reports a growth of 60%. The UK holds the fourth market position with 7 percent growth. Poland is also seriously moving forward and is the third most important market for Bulgaria. Outbound tourism in Bulgaria is up 6% and the upward trend continues for the tenth consecutive year. The top foreign destination for Bulgarians is Greece - 28%, followed by Turkey with 14%.
On Thursday it will be sunny and hot. In the afternoon there will be temporary increase in cloudiness in the western regions, but rainfalls are expected only in isolated places in the Rilo-Rhodope region. The lowest temperatures..
Bulgaria’s National Assembly rejected the draft decision to mandate the Council of Ministers to include nitrous oxide (laughing gas) in the lists of controlled substances under the Narcotic Drugs and Precursors Control Act. The proposal was put..
In the period January-April 2024 Bulgaria’s main export of cheese and curd was to Greece (882 tons, or a drop of 48.6% compared to the same period of 2023), the United Kingdom (871 t, or an increase of 22.1%) and the USA (844 t,..
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O'Flaherty said he was "deeply concerned” by the law passed by the Bulgarian..
The sale of 100% of the shares of Gallup International Balkan, a Zurich-based polling agency, has been finalised. The agency is a traditional partner of..
The European Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating the offices of Bulgartransgaz in Sofia. Police have secured access to the headquarters of the..
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