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Varna sets up ‘task forces’ to follow up complaints about tourism business

June 7, 2015June 8, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff tourism, Varna

The municipality of Varna on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast has set up task forces made up of representatives of various state

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Bulgaria’s summer 2015 seaside tourist season officially opens

June 1, 2015June 3, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Bourgas, tourism, Varna

Bulgaria’s Black Sea tourism season 2015 officially opened on June 1. At the central beach in Bourgas, the city on

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Varna to offer free city tours in summer 2015

June 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff tourism, Varna

From June 15 until the end of the 2015 summer season, Bulgaria’s Black Sea capital Varna will again offer free-of-charge

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Bulgarian railways begins advance sales of summer 2015 train tickets to Varna and Bourgas

May 31, 2015June 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, tourism, Varna

Bulgarian state railways BDZ is beginning advance sales of train tickets for the summer season to the Black Sea cities

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Bulgaria to increase staff to issue visas to Russian and Ukrainian tourists

May 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria is to post additional staff to consular offices in Moscow, St Petersburg, Kyiv and Odessa to meet the expected

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s tourism industry faces problems on eve of new summer season – report

April 27, 2015April 28, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism

A downturn in Russian tourists, a lack of funds for advertising abroad, diminished service at hotels and the illicit economy

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Bulgaria 

Ski season at Bulgaria’s Bansko, Pamporovo closes

April 19, 2015April 20, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The ski season at Bulgaria’s winter mountain resorts of Bansko and Pamporovo closed on April 19, with both reporting an

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Bulgaria to cut passenger ship fees to boost cruise tourism

April 15, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism

Bulgaria’s Transport Ministry has proposed that the cabinet agree to cut the tonnage tax for passenger ships in a move

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Bulgaria 

Take your holidays in Bulgaria, PM Borissov urges Bulgarians

April 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, tourism

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has called on all Bulgarians – including MPs and members of his Cabinet – to

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