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Bulgaria’s Tourism Ministry ‘expects good ski season’ despite inflation and high prices

December 23, 2022December 23, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Attending the December 23 opening of the 2022/23 ski season in Bulgaria’s mountain resort Pamporovo, caretaker Tourism Minister Ilin Dimitrov

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Bansko lift pass price cut to 60 leva a day as many lifts closed

December 21, 2022December 21, 2022 Lance Nelson tourism

Lift pass prices in Bulgaria’s mountain resort Bansko have been reduce to 60 leva a day for an adult pass and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Borovets, Pamporovo resorts announce 2022/23 ski season opening dates

December 21, 2022December 21, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s mountain resort of Borovets is to open its 2022/23 ski season on December 22, the resort announced on its

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Partial recovery in tourism trips by EU residents in 2021

December 20, 2022December 20, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

In 2021, residents of the 27 European Union member states made 879 million tourism trips with at least one overnight stay (

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Bansko opens 2022/23 ski season, with scant snow in sight

December 17, 2022December 17, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Lance Nelson, tourism

Bulgaria’s mountain resort of Bansko officially opened its 2022/23 ski season on December 17, with scant snow in sight after

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Bulgaria’s Bansko announces 2022/23 ski season lift pass prices

October 11, 2022May 10, 2024 Lance Nelson tourism

Bulgaria’s mountain resort of Bansko has announced the lift pass prices for the 2022/23 ski season. An adult seasonal lift

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Europe 

Eurostat: EU tourism getting closer to 2019 levels

September 27, 2022September 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The European Union’s tourism industry seems to be rebounding from the Covid-19 pandemic strongly, with data for 2022 closely mirroring that

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Tourism Ministry wants extension of hotel scheme for Ukrainians

September 1, 2022September 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, tourism, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Tourism Ministry is insisting on the extension of the measure whereby the state subsidises the accommodation of Ukrainian refugees

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Business 

Bulgaria to pay 9.5M leva state aid to tour operators for charter flights

August 18, 2022August 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s Tourism Ministry is to pay more than 9.5 million leva (about 4.85 million euro) to tour operators under the

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