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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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Bulgaria Videos 

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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Bulgaria Leisure 

Wine Enthusiast magazine names Bulgaria’s Plovdiv area among 10 best wine travel destinations of 2017

January 10, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, tourism

Wine Enthusiast magazine has named the Bulgaria’s Thracian Lowlands area, around Plovdiv, as among its choice of the 10 best

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Ski season on Sofia’s Vitosha Mountain to open with night skiing event on January 3

January 3, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, tourism

The 2017 ski season on Vitosha Mountain Bulgaria’s capital Sofia is to open with a night skiing event on January

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