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Bulgaria Air signs code share partnership with Qatar Airways

February 18, 2020February 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria Air has signed a code share partnership with Qatar Airways, the Bulgarian flag carrier said in a media statement.

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Foreign tourist visits to Bulgaria in 2019 were slightly up on 2018 – statistics institute

January 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

There were 9.3 million foreign tourist visits to Bulgaria in 2019, about 0.4 per cent higher than in 2018, the

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Bulgarian government approves plan to deepen tourism co-operation with Greece

January 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, tourism

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on January 23 a draft joint action programme between the tourism ministries of Bulgaria and Greece in

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Bulgaria Air starting new direct flights to St Petersburg in April

January 20, 2020January 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, tourism

Flag carrier Bulgaria Air is starting new direct flights from Sofia to St Petersburg in Russia on April 18 2020,

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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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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’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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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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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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