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Bulgarian railways offers narrow-gauge rail steam train trip on December 21

December 18, 2019December 20, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, tourism

Bulgarian state railways BDZ is offering an excursion on the Septembri – Velingrad narrow-gauge railway line on December 21, with

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Bulgaria 

Ski season 2019/2020 begins in Bulgaria’s Bansko, Pamporovo

December 14, 2019December 17, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The 2019/2020 ski season was inaugurated in Bulgaria’s popular resort of Bansko on December 14, with Austrian alpine ski racer

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister unveils plans for 2020

December 11, 2019December 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Tourism is planning a series of joint forums in 2020 to promote tourism investment and will hold

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Perspectives 

Comment: Tourism and the missing word ‘Bulgaria’

November 26, 2019December 2, 2019 Mark Thomas tourism

As winter draws nearer, tourism folk seem more concerned with the ongoing fallout from the collapse of tour operating giant

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Bulgaria 

In Bansko, Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister expresses optimism about winter season

November 10, 2019November 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bansko is renowned as a ski resort, is establishing itself successfully as a year-round resort, and the institutions have declared

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Perspectives 

Comment: Airlines and the question ‘who owns the cash?’

November 1, 2019 Mark Thomas tourism

Following on from the sad demise of travel giant Thomas Cook, the usual comments abound regarding the clarity – or

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Bulgaria 

Winter schedule for Bulgaria’s Black Sea airports of Varna and Bourgas announced

October 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, tourism, Varna

The winter timetable for flights to and from Fraport Twin Star Airport Management’s airports at Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, Varna

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Bulgaria 

Low-cost airline Eurowings begins Germany – Sofia flights

October 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Low-cost German airlines Eurowings has begun regular flights connecting two cities in Germany with Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia. The inaugural

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Europe 

Thomas Cook bankruptcy: European Parliament calls for mitigation of fallout

October 24, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

In a resolution adopted on October 24, members of the European Parliament expressed concern over the 600 000 people left

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