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Bulgaria again faces shortage of qualified staff for summer holiday resorts

March 19, 2019March 20, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s hospitality industry will again import staff from Ukraine and Moldova for its summer holiday resorts because of a lack

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Bulgaria’s mountain resort Bansko bans construction of new nightclubs, casinos – report

March 6, 2019March 8, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The municipality of Bansko, one of Bulgaria’s three largest ski resorts, has voted an ordinance banning the construction of more

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Bulgaria Air signs code-sharing agreement with Air Italy

March 1, 2019March 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Air Italy and Bulgaria Air entered on February 28 into a code share partnership to offer customers enhanced connectivity between

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Tourism Minister: Number of US tourists visiting Bulgaria rose 10.4% in 2018

February 28, 2019March 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The number of US tourists who visited Bulgaria in 2018 was 10.4 per cent higher than in 2017, Tourism Minister

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World’s largest private residential ship to visit Bulgaria’s Bourgas in May 2021

February 18, 2019February 20, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, tourism

MS The World, described as the largest privately-owned residential yacht, will visit Bulgaria’s Black Sea port of Bourgas for three

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International Skiing Federation World Cup races in Bansko February 22-24: Prices and info

February 16, 2019February 16, 2019 Lance Nelson tourism

Bulgaria’s Bansko is hosting races in the International Skiing Federation (FIS) World Cup 2019 from February 22 to 24. This

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Bulgaria Air expands destinations in deal with Air Baltic

February 14, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

National carrier Bulgaria Air has expanded its portfolio of destinations through a new agreement with the Latvian airline Air Baltic,

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Additional signs put out to mark dangerous areas near Bulgaria’s Bansko ski slopes

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

The Pirin National Park Directorate and the Mountain Rescue Service in Bulgaria’s winter resort Bansko have added additional temporary signs

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Tourism Minister: More than nine million foreign tourist visits to Bulgaria in 2018, a new record

January 28, 2019January 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

There were more than 9.2 million foreign tourist visits to Bulgaria in 2018, a figure 4.4 per cent higher than

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