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Covid-19: Bulgaria to change rules on restaurants, hand out tourist trip vouchers

May 5, 2020May 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

The May 3 order by Health Minister Kiril Ananiev on rules for re-opening open-air spaces at restaurants, bars and coffee

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgarian restaurateurs seek easing of rules for opening

May 4, 2020May 5, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Owners of restaurants with outdoor spaces and gardens in Sofia and other cities are preparing to open their doors, but

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Perspectives 

Comment: Which way will airfares head?

May 4, 2020May 4, 2020 Mark Thomas new coronavirus, tourism

Whenever and if ever the world of travel restarts, things are most definitely not going to be as they were

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Holiday visits to Bulgaria fell 60% in March 2020 – statistics institute

April 30, 2020May 2, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

The number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria in March 2020 was 43.7 per cent lower than in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Bansko awaits end of Covid-19 quarantine

March 29, 2020March 30, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Restaurateurs and hoteliers, as well as other businesses, in the Bulgarian mountain resort of town of Bansko face enormous challenges

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Wizz Air suspends all flights to and from Bulgaria’s Varna until May 1

March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism, Varna

Wizz Air is suspending all of its flights to and from Bulgaria’s Varna from March 25 until May 1 2020.

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry provides buses to move UK tourists from quarantined Bansko

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry organised three buses to transport UK tourists from the resort town of Bansko, now under two-week quarantine

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Bulgaria 

Coronavirus: Clarity awaited on transport of tourists from quarantined Bansko

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Foreign tourists waiting to leave Bulgaria’s Bansko were awaiting clarity about arrangements on Wednesday morning, after a two-week quarantine was

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Bulgaria 

UK embassy in Bulgaria working with Interior Ministry on British nationals in Bansko

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

The British embassy in Sofia said on the morning of March 18 that it had been working overnight with the

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