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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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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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Business 

Traffic in July at Bulgaria’s Sofia Airport still below pre-Covid-19 levels

August 15, 2022August 15, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Total passenger traffic in July 2022 at Sofia Airport in Bulgaria’s capital city was less than 10 per cent lower

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Tourism Ministry sees summer 2022 results coming in at 80% of 2019

August 12, 2022August 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Tourism said on August 12 that its expectations are that the 2022 summer season will finish with

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Leisure 

Bulgarian railways adds two additional Sofia – Bourgas night trains

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, tourism

Two additional night trains will travel during the summer season between Sofia and Bourgas via the Sub-Balkan rail route, as

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Bulgaria 

Tourism Minister: Bulgaria expects up to 6M tourists this summer

June 11, 2022June 11, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The Tourism Ministry expects that between 5.5 million and six million tourists will visit Bulgaria this summer, minister Hristo Prodanov

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