News October, 2010

2010/10/14

Bulgaria is expecting a 2-3% growth of the economy during the winter tourist season, Deputy Economy Minister, Ivo Marinov, has announced.

He pointed out that Bulgaria's tourism advertising is showing positive results so far. According to him, the country would depend on it for representing it as a year-long tourist destination.

Marinov participated in the presentation of the project "Rediscover Bulgaria," which aims at selecting 50 unknown and interesting destinations, which are suitable...

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2010/10/13

“Shadows of the afterlife. The Ancient necropolis of Nessebar” is the motto of the exhibition of archaeological values, prepared in the city, informed the curator of the exhibition Anelia Bozhkova.

The opening is set on October 14 in the National Archaeological Institute. “The exhibition presents the results of a four-year study of the ancient necropolis of Messambria and the ancient and medieval town," she added. Archaeologists have found 1300 burial equipment from different historical...

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2010/10/11

Almost one million tourists have visited Veliko Tarnovo for this year.

Veliko Tarnovo is enjoying a great interest from tourists, despite of the crises, as the town became popular as a centre of the culture tourism in the country.

The tourists are attracted not just by the historical hill Tsarevets and the unique show “Sound and Light”, but also by the numerous museums, churches and monasteries.

During the past few years, the Veliko Tarnovo municipality has invested over 5 million BGN...

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2010/10/08

Alternative tourism is the only way to make Bulgaria a year-round tourist destination and attract visitors outside the active summer and winter season, expert Stoyan Mihaylov, says.

Stoyanov spoke as representative of a company hired by the Bulgarian Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism, to carry out a research about attitudes of foreign travelers to SPA, cultural, and rural tourism.

The poll was conducted among 9 000 foreigners, who visited Bulgaria in the summer, but also practiced...

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2010/10/07

The Austrian low-cost air company Flyniki launched a second flight to Vienna during the weekdays. The weekends remain with one flight per day.

Flyniki whose owner is the ex-Formula 1 pilot, Niki Lauda started flying to Sofia in February.

Except Flyniki, passengers from Sofia to Vienna may use also “Austrian airlines” and Bulgaria Air. 48 is the total number of flights during the week, between Sofia and Vienna.

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