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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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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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Bulgaria 

Close to 60 hotels on Bulgaria’s Black Sea at risk after Thomas Cook bankruptcy – report

October 9, 2019October 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Close to 60 hotels on Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea coast are at risk following the bankruptcy of British holiday firm

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Tourism Ministry: No tourists stranded because of Astral Holidays bankruptcy

October 8, 2019October 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The bankruptcy of Astral Holidays has not left any tourists stranded, either in Bulgaria or abroad, Deputy Minister of Tourism

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Bulgaria 

Thomas Cook fallout: Bulgaria’s Astral Holidays enters bankruptcy proceedings

October 7, 2019October 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Astral Holidays, the Bulgarian partner of defunct UK holiday firm Thomas Cook and one of Bulgaria’s largest tour operators, said

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Bulgaria 

Record number of foreign tourists in Bulgaria in August 2019 – statistics institute

September 27, 2019September 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The number of foreign tourists who visited Bulgaria in August 2019 was 3.8 per cent higher than in August 2018,

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