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Bulgaria’s Plovdiv opens new tourist information centre

June 6, 2017June 6, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, tourism

A modern information centre for tourists opens in Bulgaria’s second city, and future European Capital of Culture, Plovdiv on June

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Bulgaria 

Close to 1000 additional police to be on duty at Bulgarian seaside this summer – Interior Minister

June 2, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

A total of 946 police officers will be sent on duty to Bulgaria’s Black Sea summer coastal holiday resorts in

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Leisure 

Fee to rent umbrella and chaise longue on Bulgarian beaches this summer ranges from 72 stotinki to 16 leva – report

May 30, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

If price is your only consideration in renting an umbrella and chaise longue – a deckchair, if you will –

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian deputy PM pledges crackdown on grey economy at Black Sea, and a ‘show at Sunny Beach’

May 12, 2017May 14, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff tourism, Valeri Simeonov

Valeri Simeonov, one of two deputy prime ministers from the nationalist United Patriots in Boiko Borissov’s coalition government, has pledged

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Video: Bulgarian tourism, a government-to-be, the Sofia Science Festival and Eurovision

May 2, 2017May 3, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria Now, Eurovision, Lance Nelson, podcasts, Sofia Science Festival, tourism

Bulgaria turned in a healthy growth in tourism figures in the first three months of 2017, while a new elected

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Business 

Foreign tourist visits to Bulgaria jump by close to 19% in first two months of 2017

March 30, 2017March 31, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism

The number of visits by foreign tourists to Bulgaria in January and February 2017 was 18.6 per cent higher than

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Business 

Early birds: First charter tourists arrive at Bulgaria’s Black Sea for 2017 summer season

March 30, 2017March 30, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, tourism

The summer season at Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast “starts today”, public broadcaster Bulgarian National Radio said on March 30 2017,

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Bulgaria 

Tourism Minister: ‘Significant’ increase in foreign tourists at Bulgaria’s winter resorts

February 11, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s winter resorts have seen a significant increase in foreign tourists, caretaker Tourism Minister Stella Baltova said on February 11.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria saw highest increase in tourism nights among EU countries in 2016 – Eurostat

January 24, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria had the highest increase among all European Union countries in the number of nights spent in tourist accommodation in

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