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Covid-19 crisis: Most hotels in Bulgaria’s Sunny Beach to shut ahead of schedule

August 13, 2020August 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Most hotels in Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea resort, Sunny Beach, will shut by September 10, according to a report by

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Bulgaria’s accommodation revenue from foreign tourists down 95.7% in June 2020 y/y

August 10, 2020August 12, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

The total revenue from nights spent in tourist accommodation in Bulgaria in June 2020 added up to 23.1 million leva

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Bulgaria’s Albena resort begins closing hotels for lack of tourists

August 10, 2020August 13, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

The Albena resort complex on Bulgaria’s northern Black Sea coast has begun gradually closing hotels because of a lack of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister in urgent talks with German tour operators over Berlin’s travel warning

August 9, 2020August 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Bulgaria’s Minister of Tourism Mariana Nikolova held urgent talks on August 9 with representatives of German tour operators in Bulgaria

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Covid-19: Greece extends negative PCR test requirement for arrivals from Bulgaria

August 3, 2020August 5, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, new coronavirus, tourism

Greece has extended until August 15 the requirement for travellers arriving in the country from Bulgaria to submit to Greek

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to give 10M leva to aid tourism business hit by Covid-19

August 3, 2020August 4, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Bulgaria’s tourism business will receive 10 million leva (about 5.11 million euro) under the EU Innovation and Competitiveness operational programme,

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Bulgaria 

Long queue of cars at Bulgaria-Greece Kulata border checkpoint

August 1, 2020August 3, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, tourism

A queue of cars stretching about five kilometres formed at the Kulata-Promachonas checkpoint at the Bulgarian-Greek border on the morning

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Visits by foreigners to Bulgaria in June 2020 were 75.2% down y/y

July 28, 2020July 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

In June 2020, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 75.2% lower than in June 2019,

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Bulgaria 

New polls show Covid-19 impact on business, hospitality industry in Bulgaria

July 28, 2020July 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

The latest in a series of special polls by Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute (NSI) on the impact of the Covid-19

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