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Bansko: Excellent conditions set to continue, lots more snow arrives on January 23

January 18, 2019 Lance Nelson tourism

What a fabulous first few Bansko ski weeks of 2019 we’ve been having. Loads of smiles and as the queues

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Bulgaria 

Increase of 4.9% in foreign tourist visits to Bulgaria in January-November 2018

December 30, 2018January 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

There were more than 8.834 million visits by foreign tourists to Bulgaria in January to November 2018, an increase of

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Bulgaria 

Greek and Romanian police join Bulgarian counterparts in patrolling Bansko

December 18, 2018December 18, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism

For the latest consecutive year, police from Greece and Romania have joined their counterparts from Bulgaria to work in mixed

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Bansko, Borovets winter resorts open 2018/19 ski season

December 15, 2018December 15, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s winter resorts of Bankso and Borovets opened the 2018/19 ski season on December 15, a week after the other

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria among largest increases in air passenger transport in EU in 2017 – Eurostat

December 7, 2018December 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria saw among the largest increases in air travellers in the European Union in 2017, with a total of more

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Bulgaria 

2018/19 season at Bulgaria’s major ski resorts opens soon

December 5, 2018December 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The 2018/19 ski season will open in Bulgaria’s winter resorts Pamporovo on December 8 and Bansko on December 15. A

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Bulgaria 

Tourism Minister: Number of foreign tourists visiting Bulgaria up 5% in first 10 months of 2018

December 4, 2018December 4, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism

In the first 10 months of 2018, more than 8.4 million tourists visited Bulgaria, an increase of five per cent

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Plovdiv expected to see 10% rise in tourists as European Capital of Culture 2019 – minister

November 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, tourism

Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova has estimated that the number of tourists that will visit the country’s second city of

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Bulgaria 

Bansko named Bulgaria’s Best Ski Resort 2018 at World Ski Awards

November 18, 2018November 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bansko was named Bulgaria’s Best Ski Resort 2018 at the World Ski Awards, conferred at a ceremony on November 18

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