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Bansko Mountain Madness: Bikini and fancy dress season-end party on April 10

April 5, 2022April 5, 2022 Lance Nelson tourism

Bansko’s 2021/22 ski season ends on April 10. And to celebrate the best ski season Bansko has ever known, there

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Health Minister’s order on arrivals: Further details

March 31, 2022April 3, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

From April 1 to May 15, everyone arriving in Bulgaria must present a valid EU Digital Covid Certificate or equivalent

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Bulgaria 

New flights to Europe, Balkans in Sofia Airport’s summer schedule

March 31, 2022April 2, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Sofia Airport travellers will be able to choose from more than 80 new and well-known destinations in summer 2022, the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Varna, Bourgas airports announce summer 2022 flights

March 31, 2022April 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, tourism, Varna

Varna Airport has announced details of its summer 2022 flight schedule. Bulgaria Air continues to provide a connection from Varna

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Bulgaria 

First buses with those fleeing Putin’s war on Ukraine arrive in Bulgaria

February 26, 2022February 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, tourism, Ukraine

The first two buses with 56 Bulgarian and Ukrainian citizens, that left the Ukrainian city of Odessa on February 25,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian capital Sofia’s tourism figures recover, but still far from pre-crisis levels

February 15, 2022February 16, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, tourism

There was a 44 per cent increase in tourists visiting Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia in 2021 compared with 2020, but

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s winter resorts alarmed by bar on arrival of non-EU nationals from red zone countries

January 17, 2022January 17, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Winter resorts and hotel and restaurant bodies in Bulgaria have expressed alarm at an order by Health Minister Assena Serbezova,

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Bulgaria 

EC approves 30M leva Bulgarian scheme to support tourism sector

January 17, 2022January 17, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

The European Commission said on January 17 that it had approved a 30 million leva (15.3 million euro) Bulgarian scheme

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Bulgaria 

Snow Day 2022: Bulgaria’s resorts relish prospects of great weekend

January 14, 2022January 16, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Conditions at Bulgaria’s mountain resort of Bansko are “perfect”, Banskoblog’s Lance Nelson told The Sofia Globe on January 14, the

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