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Early start to Bulgaria’s summer tourism season as first group of Austrian pensioners arrive

April 23, 2014April 24, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff tourism, Varna

One swallow may not a summer make, but once again mid-April has seen a flight in of the early birds

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Bulgaria 

Belated snowfall boosts Bulgaria’s ski resorts

January 27, 2014January 27, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism

After many snowless weeks, Bulgaria’s major ski resorts welcomed the snowfall that reached the country this past weekend – but

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Bulgaria 

Snow news means good and bad news for Bulgaria

January 13, 2014February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The lack of snow in Bulgaria so far in January 2014 has mixed implications for the country, meaning losses on

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Leisure 

Is it becoming a lonelier planet?

January 12, 2014May 10, 2024 Daniel Bardsley for The Prague Post Czech Republic, tourism

Turn the clock back a decade or two, and every backpacker would be clutching a copy of a Lonely Planet

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarians brave fog and crowded roads to begin working year

January 5, 2014February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

In a fog and largely out of pocket, Bulgarians crowded road and rail routes back to the country’s major cities

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Business 

Global tourism reaches record in 2013 – World Tourism Organisation

December 13, 2013December 15, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

International tourism rose five per cent in the first nine months of 2013 to reach a record 845 million worldwide,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s tourism revenue growth ‘outpacing economic development’

October 4, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria currently is seeing an increase of about 5.8 per cent in tourists compared to the same period last year

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria saw strong tourist season in summer 2013

September 16, 2013September 16, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism

With the start of the school year in mid-September ending the summer holiday season for all except those taking advantage

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Mixed views on progress of Bulgaria’s 2013 summer tourism season

August 26, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

As Bulgarian summer holiday resorts begin announcing discount specials with the advent of September, the first assessments of the performance

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