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Bulgaria scores well on EU bathing waters survey, but number of ‘excellent’ sites drops

May 29, 2018May 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s coastal bathing waters remain up to the European Union’s mandatory standards, but the number of sites meeting the “excellent

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Bulgaria 

As summer season begins, 2700 vacancies in tourism business on Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea coast

May 27, 2018May 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, tourism

There are 2700 vacancies in the tourism industry on Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea coast, Radio Bourgas said on May 27.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways offers 1930s steam train excursion between Sofia and Bankya on June 2

May 21, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, tourism

Bulgarian state railways BDZ is offering two excursions on a train pulled by a restored 1935 steam locomotive between Sofia

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Black Sea city Varna officially opens 2018 summer season

May 19, 2018May 24, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism, Varna

The 2018 summer seaside holiday season was officially opened in Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea city Varna on May 19. Varna

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Black Sea region instability hits cruise ship business for Bulgarian port cities

May 15, 2018May 16, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism

Bulgaria’s Black Sea port cities of Varna and Bourgas will see no cruise ships dock in summer 2018, a result

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Europe 

DiscoverEU: EC seeks 15 000 18-year-old EU citizens ‘prepared to travel this summer’

May 3, 2018May 3, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

In an offer unlikely to see a shortage of applicants, the European Commission is seeking 15 000 eighteen-year-old European Union

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Bulgaria 

Optimism as first tourists hit the beaches ahead of Bulgaria’s 2018 summer holiday season

April 29, 2018May 1, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, tourism

As Bulgarian capital Sofia and other cities basked in weather unusually warm for late April, the tourist season at the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways starts advance ticket sales for May 2018 St George’s Day long weekend

April 23, 2018April 24, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgarian State Railways BDZ started advance ticket sales on April 23 for train journeys in the country on the May

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Business 

Bulgaria’s earnings from foreign tourists rose 11% in December-February – Tourism Ministry

April 20, 2018April 21, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s revenue from foreign tourists added up to close to 796 million leva (about 407 million euro) in December 2017

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