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Bulgaria’s foreign tourist figures for June-July 2023 still below pre-pandemic levels

September 14, 2023September 14, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

According to National Statistical Institute (NSI) data, there were more than 2.4 million registrations of Bulgarian and foreign tourists in

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Bulgarian railways offers Sofia-Bankya steam train excursion on September 23

September 11, 2023September 11, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, tourism

Bulgarian state railways BDZ is organising a steam train excursion between Sofia and Bankya on September 23, part of a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways offering steam train excursions in September

September 10, 2023September 10, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, tourism

Bulgarian state railways BDZ is offering two steam train excursions, on September 22 and 23, during the country’s Independence Day

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Bulgaria 

Regional health inspectorate: No dangerous pollution on Bulgaria’s southern coast

August 31, 2023August 31, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Tests of sea water samples taken from 30 places along Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea coast have found no dangerous pollution

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Latvian airline airBaltic to start direct flights from Sofia Airport to Riga in May 2024

August 30, 2023August 30, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Latvia, Sofia Airport, tourism

Latvian airline Air Baltic Corporation AS (airBaltic) will start direct flights from Sofia Airport to Riga in May 2024, Sofia

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria issues repeated assurances about cleanliness of sea water

August 28, 2023August 28, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The weeks of Bulgaria’s peak holiday season, accompanied by a long spell of scorching heat, have seen Bulgaria’s authorities issuing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Domestic flights at Sofia Airport in July down 13% per cent on pre-pandemic 2019

August 10, 2023August 10, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport, tourism

Flights between Sofia Airport and the cities of Varna and Bourgas in July 2023 were 13 per cent down compared

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Bulgaria 

Bettany Hughes making film ‘Treasures of Bulgaria’

August 2, 2023August 2, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister Zaritsa Dinkova had a meeting in the Black Sea city of Varna with British historian and television

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Bulgaria 

Where’s the beef? Bulgaria sizzles over expensive steak lunch

July 23, 2023July 23, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgarian restaurant associations, the Consumer Protection Commission and the Tourism Minister are among those caught up in a row after

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