"I have been amazed to find so many attractive destinations," Ambassador of Japan to Bulgaria Hiroshi Narahira said after getting acquainted with the opportunities for health tourism in this country. They were presented to him by the chairwoman of the..
Just over 5 million euros from the Innovation and Competitiveness Operational Program will be redirected to support the tourism sector affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. This was said by Prime Minister Boyko Borissov at a meeting with representatives..
For 2 months, Bulgaria has managed to attract 50% of tourists who usually spend their holidays in Turkey or Greece, according to an analysis by the Romanian travel agency Travel Planner. A number of tourists with average or above average incomes..
In June 2020, during the ongoing epidemic situation in Bulgaria, Bulgarians travelled 286,100 times to other countries, which is a reduction of 60.1% compared to June 2019. The number of visits by foreigners to Bulgaria in June 2020 shrank..
“I have said from the first day that I would work to support businesses, in dialogue and in search of concrete solutions,” said newly appointed Minister of Tourism Mariyana Nikolova in an interview for BNT. She stated that 38,000..
The European Commission has approved targeted subsidies for charter flights to Bulgaria organized by tour operators. This has been announced by the Ministry of Tourism. The approval of the scheme by the EC was a prerequisite for the..
The number of foreign tourists coming to the Bulgarian Black Sea coast this summer will plummet by more than 80%, Sega newspaper writes, basing its estimates on the dramatic drop in the number of charter flights from Europe landing in Varna..
180 tourists have landed at Burgas airport with the first charter flight from Ukraine. The guests were welcomed with traditional pita bread and folklore songs to the rendition of Strandzha Folklore Ensemble. The Ambassador of Ukraine to Bulgaria..
The EU should adopt common rules on containing the coronavirus infection. However, we should not allow yet another closure of borders within the Union again. We already lived through this. As a result, thousands of people were stranded and supplies..
The Covid-19 pandemic has proved devastating for many sectors of Bulgaria’s economy, including summer tourism. We are so used to saying that the months of July and August are “high season”, but no longer. Owing to the corona crisis we are now..
