News January, 2009

2009/01/08

"Bulgaria expects some 6.5 million tourists in 2009. The number of holiday-makers in 2008 was nearly the same," stated the Director of the Institute for Analyses and Evaluations in Tourism, Rumen Draganov, before the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA).

"Despite the world financial crisis, Bulgaria cannot expect a bigger than 3-7% reflux of tourists in 2009," Mr Draganov added.

At the same time, Greece expects a 40%-decrease of tourists. In 2009, Bulgarian hotel-runners will also rely on the...

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2009/01/08

A new sports center with 20 km of ski tracks and a new ski lift was opened on Wednesday in Chepelare resort in Chepelare, which is located in the Rhodope Mountains.

The Chepelare Sports Center was opened by Ekaterina Dafovska, Bulgaria's gold medalist in biathlon from the 1998 Nagano Olympics, who is also a native of Chepelare. It is equipped with the latest system for making artificial snow, and with free wireless Internet.

The Center's new lift has the capacity to transport 2 000...

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2009/01/08

The State Agency for Tourism's director, Anelia Krushkova, will start the next edition of the national contest for the perfect tourists' destination under the project EDEN.
The topic of this year's contest is "Tourism and protected territories" and the title - "952: Nature welcomes you!", BTV reports.

The project is held with the financial support of the European Commission and the state budget.

Its main goal is to make popular several new tourists destinations in protected territories...

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2009/01/08

For ages in January the lands of Pernik region have resounded with the ringing of bells, with songs, chanting and blessings for good health, longevity, rich harvests, and good luck. The participants prepared the whole year through for this holiday, known as "Surva", and the entire village celebrated the holiday. It was extremely interesting for the participants to find out what preparations their friends of the adjacent village had made, in order to display better and more...

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2009/01/08

The government of the Republic of Bulgaria announced Aheloy village, near Bourgas for a town.

The decision was taken after a proposition made by the mayor of Pomorie Municipality.

The settlement was announced a climatic sea resort in 1967 and corresponds to all requirements to be a town. The residents of the town are 2193. Aheloy offers well developed social and technical infrastructure. The town is also a tourism and trade centre. All this combined with the unique nature recourses of the...

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