News July, 2008

2008/07/16

A group of young people from several European countries are taking a cycling tour from Bulgaria to Turkey to show the world that travelling and a good life are possible without much energy consumption.

Fifteen people - from Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia, Spain, Portugal and a few other countries - started the 2008 Ecotopia Biketour Jul. 4 in Bulgarian capital Sofia. After travelling for about 600 km in Bulgaria and another 1,000 km in Turkey, over more than one month, they will reach their final...

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2008/07/16

The number of French tourists in Bulgarian seaside resorts has gone up by 15% in comparison to last year, Ivan Stanchov, chairman of the Managing Board of the Alliance Francaise – Varna, told Focus – Varna Radio at the opening ceremony of the a new francophone center in the Bulgarian seaside city.

The ceremony was attended also by France’s ambassador to Bulgaria Etienne de Poncins.

“Over 100,000 French tourists visited Bulgarian Black Sea resorts during the last tourist season. Their...

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2008/07/16

Nine years later, Metallica returns to Bulgaria to play their anthem Seek and Destroy live for the second time

After nine years, the kings of heavy metal are coming back to Bulgaria. And this time they will sound heavier than ever! The city of Plovdiv still trembles at the memory of Metallica's first Bulgarian show, which took place in the last summer of the last millennium. This time, though, they are coming down to Sofia on July 25. Vassil Levski National Stadium will be the venue of...

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2008/07/11

The final concert of July Jazz Smolyan Fest will be staged on 2,191-meter-high Perelik Peak in Bulgaria's Rhodope Mountains.
The musicians will try to set a new world record, playing in a century-old pine forest.

Among the participants in the unusual event will be the world-famous jazz musician Milcho Leviev and Plovdiv Big Band.

The organizers have not revealed how Leviev's grand piano will be transported to the peak.

Only VIPs from Bulgaria and abroad are going to attend the unique...

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2008/07/11

Bulgaria could earn round 100 million USD yearly from congress tourism, the Bulgarian MEP Biliana Raeva considers.
According to Raeva the congress tourism is one of the most successful tourist branches and the country should stake more on this sphere.

A business tourist spends few times more money than the ordinary one.
Around 400, 000 people have visited Bulgaria for business in 2006.

Minimal drop in the amount is marked in 2007, but for the first 5 months of the present year, the...

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