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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 Leisure 

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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Bulgaria’s Pamporovo extends ski season to April 19

March 25, 2015March 25, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The 2015 ski season in Bulgaria’s mountain winter resort of Pamporovo has been extended until April 19, the Pamporovo company

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria sees ‘great potential’ in cruise tourism

March 25, 2015March 25, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism

Cruise tourism has great potential for Bulgaria, including by linking it to cultural and historical tourism packages, according to Tourism

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Bulgaria 

Russian children’s holiday complex in Bulgaria set for quiet year as Moscow boycotts

March 24, 2015March 25, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, tourism

The sprawling holiday complex built for Russian children at Kamchia on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast is set for a quiet

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Bansko begins discounts to drum up business at Easter

March 23, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Hoteliers in Bulgaria’s winter resort of Bansko are to offer significant discounts to attract guests during the Easter holidays, public

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Bulgaria 

Mixed views on prospects for Bulgaria’s summer tourism season

March 19, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism

Bulgaria will have a very difficult summer tourism season because of an expected decrease in Russian and Ukrainian tourists, but

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