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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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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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Europe 

Greece: Ferry route to link all Ionian islands for the first time

April 16, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, tourism

Although it is not going to last forever, the first has been made. “A new ferry route that links all

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s three major winter ski resorts report successful 2017/18 season

April 15, 2018April 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

All three of Bulgaria’s major winter ski resorts – Bansko, Pamporovo and Borovets – saw increases in the number of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government boosts funding to promote country as year-round tourism destination

April 11, 2018April 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s Cabinet has agreed to provide a further 1.68 million leva (about 859 000 euro) to the Ministry of Tourism

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Tourism Ministry opens hotline for complaints about breaches of the law

April 11, 2018April 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Tourism has opened a telephone line and set up an e-mail address to receive complaints about breaches

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