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29 hotel, restaurant and tourism associations in Bulgaria plan national protests

May 11, 2020May 12, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Twenty-nine hotel and restaurant and tourism associations in Bulgaria say that they will hold a national protest in front of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister: Domestic tourism resumes on May 13

May 8, 2020May 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Domestic tourism in Bulgaria will resume on May 13, when the end of the State of Emergency means that the

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria’s Health Minister amends order on table spacing, swimming pools

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

Bulgaria’s Minister of Health Kiril Ananiev has amended his order governing the opening, as of May 6, of outdoor areas

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Bulgaria 

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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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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