1.1 million is the number of foreign tourists who have passed through Burgas airport this season. The tourist industry is gradually springing back to its feet, the drop in numbers compared to the pre-pandemic year of 2019 is only 20%, caretaker Minister of Tourism Ilin Dimitrov told BNR-Burgas’ Daniela Kostadinova in Sozopol. The number of German tourists is the same as in previous years, but an increase has been registered on other markets such as Czechia, Israel, Poland, the UK.
With the aim of popularizing tourism in Bulgaria, the Ministry is to announce a competition for best photograph “Wonders of Bulgaria”. Those wishing to take part can send in their photographs of beautiful views of Bulgaria, festivals, or places they found interesting. A jury will select the winners, there will be prizes.
The snow cover in Pamporovo is now 80 centimetres deep, and the people operating the tourist facilities there are overjoyed there are so many tourists at hotels, restaurants and on the ski slopes. This year nature has been good to the Rhodope winter..
The calendar of Etara, the only open-air ethnographic museum in Bulgaria in 2023 is saturated with a series of exhibitions, demonstrations, festivals and all kinds of events related to folklore, crafts and ethnography . Besides the traditional events..
In Sofia, Bulgarian Minister of Tourism Ilin Dimitrov and Israeli counterpart Haim Katz have signed an agreement between the governments of Bulgaria and Israel on cooperation in the sphere of tourism. The agreement envisages..
Cloudy
Wet snow
Значителна облачност със сняг
Snow