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Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister: Bookings for winter holiday season down 40%

November 28, 2020December 1, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Reservations for Bulgaria’s coming winter holiday season are down by 40 per cent compared with last year, Tourism Minister Mariana

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Foreign tourist arrivals in Bulgaria in October 2020 down 67.7% y/y

November 27, 2020November 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

The number of arrivals of visitors from abroad in Bulgaria for holidays in October 2020 was 67.7 per cent lower

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria rejects Merkel’s call to shut all ski resorts in EU

November 26, 2020November 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister has responded to a bid by German chancellor Angela Merkel to reach an EU-wide decision to keep

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association: ‘Waiting to see if we die of Covid-19 or starvation’

November 26, 2020November 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

The Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association (BHRA) has issued an angry and lengthy statement in response to the government’s proposed

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Razlog proposes second ski run and new ski lift

November 22, 2020November 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The municipality of Razlog, a mountain resort town in south-western Bulgaria, has submitted an investment proposal for a second ski

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 crisis: Bulgarian accommodation establishments’ revenue in September down 47.1% y/y

November 10, 2020November 11, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

The total revenue from nights spent in accommodation establishments in Bulgaria in September 2020 was 88.1 million leva, about 47.1

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria bets on ‘Winter sports boost your health’ motto for ski tourism

November 4, 2020November 6, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Bulgaria will be betting on an advertising motto “Winter sports boost your health” to encourage people to visit the country’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Bansko Season 2020/21 ski pass prices: Offer announced

November 4, 2020November 4, 2020 Lance Nelson tourism

Ski season passes have been popular due to the VIP lane being available, their value for frequent users of the

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Covid-19: What will happen to the cost of travel?

November 1, 2020November 1, 2020 Mark Thomas tourism

What seems like an eternity ago, we were asked our opinion about which way the cost of travel would head

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