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News November, 2007

2007/11/16

Ski Patrolling in Pamporovo Resort to be Launched

Ski patrols will be imposed this season at the Pamporovo resort, it turned out at the sitting of the standing municipal committee for disaster management in Smolyan Municipality, a journalist of Radio FOCUS – Smolyan reported. The patrols have been agreed by Smolyan Municipality and Chepelare Municipality, which are in charge of the resort. The patrols will have permanent coordination with the police.

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2007/11/15

10-15 % Increase of UK Tourists Visiting Bulgaria

Growth of UK tourists to Bulgaria was predicted at 10-15 % by the biggest Bulgarian tour operators at the London Tourism Fair, Bulgarian National Radio BNR reported.
Traditionally winter was the more profitable tourist season, BNR said.
British tourists preferred mainly 4 and 5-star hotels with interest in all-inclusive packages on the rise.

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2007/11/15

20 mln.euro For Ecological Zones Between Bulgaria and Greece

According to the program for sustainable development funded by the PHARE program, 20 mln euro are going to be invested in activities for sustainable development in the first four trans-border ecological zones between Bulgaria and Greece announced BNR.

The programe supposes activities for developing green business in territories which were included in the first project for trans border zones.

Among the main activities are sustainable tourism and agriculture, sustainable use of the...

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2007/11/14

Bulgaria and Italy Attack US Market with Joint Tourist Product

Common tourist product, based on spa and wellness services in Bulgaria and Italy was suggested to the US market on the press conference for perspectives of spa and wellness tourism in Bulgaria.

The forum took place in Plovdiv city.

The project's motto is ‘Come for two weeks in Europe - one in Italy and one in Bulgaria' could even receive the support of the European Union.

The chairperson of National Association for Spa and Wellness Stanimir Stankov confessed that similar...

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2007/11/14

The Great Winter Fiesta under Todorka Peak Starts on December 1st

The legendary alpinist Rainhold Mesner is coming to Bansko. The ski season will be opened on 15th Deceber by Yanitsa Kostelich, Kjetil Aamot and Marc Ghirardelli.

The ski season in Bansko will start on 1st December. All of the ski slopes will be opened and all of the equipment will be fully functional, announced the head of the ski zone Ms Maya Hristoskova.

The world famous German alpinist Reinhold Messner, the first man that conquered all 14 peaks over 8 000, situated in the...

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