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Bulgaria’s winter resorts have seen a significant increase in foreign tourists, caretaker Tourism Minister Stella Baltova said on February 11. At Bulgaria’s major winter ski resorts Borovets and Bansko, the […]
Bulgaria had the highest increase among all European Union countries in the number of nights spent in tourist accommodation in 2016, EU statistics agency Eurostat said on January 24. Counted […]
Wine Enthusiast magazine has named the Bulgaria’s Thracian Lowlands area, around Plovdiv, as among its choice of the 10 best wine travel destinations of 2017. Wine Enthusiast’s entertainment and lifestyle […]
The 2017 ski season on Vitosha Mountain Bulgaria’s capital Sofia is to open with a night skiing event on January 3 at 6pm, Vitosha Ski said. The event will take […]
Bulgaria’s outgoing Cabinet approved on December 28 amendments to the Black Sea Coast Spatial Planning Act that, if approved, would change the system for classification of beaches. The amendments have […]
Bulgarian traffic police estimated that December 23 would see more than 400 000 people set off on their Festive Season holidays, about half of this number departing Sofia for destinations […]
The 2016/17 ski season opens officially in Bulgaria’s winter mountain resorts of Bansko and Borovets on December 17. In Bansko, the mood was upbeat as the resort prepared for the official […]
Bulgarian tour operator Alfatour, described as one of the largest in the country, has filed for insolvency on December 13, sparking a row with its insurance company. Alfatour blamed the […]
The ski season in Bulgaria’s mountain winter resort of Pamporovo will be officially opened on December 10 2016. This was announced by Pamporovo AD executive director Mariyan Belyakov at a […]
Bulgaria’s Consumer Protection Commission is opening four temporary offices in the country’s winter ski resorts of Bansko, Pamporovo, Borovets and Chepelare, according to the commission’s chief secretary Ivan Bachvarov. Th ...
