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Bulgaria Tourism Ministry budgets 1.8M leva for tours by foreign journalists

June 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s Tourism Ministry is calling for bids for contractors to organise tours of the country for foreign journalists, in a

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Bulgarian beach bed, umbrella rental prices soar at some resorts

June 28, 2016June 30, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The price of renting a beach umbrella at Bulgaria’s Irakli is the highest along the country’s Black Sea coastline, at

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Bulgarian Tourism Minister backs Sunny Beach checkpoints plan

June 22, 2016June 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister has defended a controversial plan to set up police checkpoints throughout the Black Sea resort of Sunny

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Bulgaria’s revenue agency: Every second trader in Sunny Beach lies about turnover

June 22, 2016June 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Pubs, nightclubs, cafes and car parks in Bulgaria’s Black Sea coastal resort Sunny Beach massively are not reporting their turnovers,

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Police checkpoint plan at Bulgaria’s Sunny Beach resort irks hoteliers

June 21, 2016June 21, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism

Sparks are flying between hoteliers and police in Bulgaria’s mass-tourism Sunny Beach resort on the Black Sea coast because of

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Resorts on Bulgaria’s northern Black Sea coast face large-scale tax checkups in July

June 20, 2016June 22, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism, Varna

Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency says that it will carry out large-scale checkups in resorts along the country’s northern Black Sea

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Bulgaria sets up coordination centre for security of residents and tourists at Black Sea

June 17, 2016June 19, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria is to set up a coordination centre to enhance security for residents and tourists at the country’s Black Sea

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Bulgaria 

Hyatt Regency hotel to open in Sofia in 2018

June 9, 2016June 13, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, tourism

The first Hyatt-branded hotel in Bulgaria will open in the country’s capital city of Sofia in 2018, following an agreement

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Bulgaria 

Tourism Minister: Bulgarian beaches better than Greece’s

June 6, 2016June 7, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, tourism

Greece has its troubles – economic woes and the refugee crisis among them – and now insult has been added

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