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2008/04/24

The number of foreign tourists who visited the Bulgarian winter resorts in January and February of 2008 has gone up with 23,4% compared to the same months of 2007.
Bulgaria's total revenue from tourism in these months was EUR 97,8 M, which is 19% more than the numbers for the same period in 2007.

The news was announced by the Chair of the Bulgarian State Agency for Tourism - Aneliya Krushkova on Wednesday. Krushkova presented data from a poll about the winter vacation in Bulgaria.

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2008/04/24

Unique exposition will be opened today in the National Museum of History (NMH).
The expo is called ‘Unshown Treasures' and includes exactly that - valuables, never seen by the Bulgarian audience are arranged in the museum's halls.

More that 2000 exponents are included in the exposition. Some of them have appeared in the museum thanks to Police cooperation.

Some of the most valuable objects have been saved by trials to be illegally exported and sold out of the country, by treasure -...

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2008/04/23

The Bulgarian company Rila Sport is going to invest BGN 140 M in the construction of a five-star ski resort close to the village of Panichishte in the Rila Mountain.

The news was announced Tuesday by Slaveyko Staykov, the Executive Director of Rila Sport, lev.bg reported. Staykov's firm was assigned the realization of the project by the administration of the Sapareva Banya Municipality. The future ski resort is expected to be completed by 2016.

The total investments in the new resort...

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2008/04/22

In order to overcome the spring fatigue after the tiresome winter months one needs a vitamin-rich diet and a holiday in the open air. Although summer is still far away and it is too early for holidays at the seaside, why don’t we organize ourselves a small escapade from the urban smog amongst lush greenery and … water? Bulgaria’s artificial lakes offer exactly this opportunity. No wonder then that dozens of thousands of tourists spend their holidays on the banks of those spectacular water basins...

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2008/04/22

On April 22 the whoole world celebrates the International Earth Day. This is the biggest non-religious holiday around the globe.
On today's day the spring begins in the Northern Hemisphere and fall in the Southern Hemisphere.

The Earth Day is a time to look at pollution and poverty problems. This is the day when the earth citizens express readiness to build one stable world, where humanity and nature are in harmony.

The first national Earth day has been celebrated on April 20 1970 in USA...

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2008/04/21

Yesterday the Orthodox church celebrated the Tsvetnitca holiday (Flower Day), also called Vrubnica (Willow Day).
The Orthodox church reminds about the solemn entering of Jesus Christ in Jerusalem in the days before Jewish Pasha.

The believers welcome Jesus spreading on his way olive sprigs and declare for the King Messiah.

Bulgaria celebrates Tsvetnitsa as big church holiday.

During the morning liturgy the priests sanctify willow sprigs, people take it to their homes.

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2008/04/21

Extreme tourism become more and more interesting for Bulgarians. More than 12000 people of different ages were interested in the opportunities for extreme experiences and recreation among the beautiful Bulgarian nature in April.
Bulgarians start searching for holidays full of adrenalin and emotions. Rafting is the most popular experience, and the lovers of the water sport opened the rafting season in the beginning of April.
Riding the wild waves of Struma in the region of Kresna gorge will...

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2008/04/21

The third ‘Belgian culinary fest' will take place in capital's ‘Hilton' Hotel to April 27.
Chefs from the ‘Tourism and Restaurantship Collage' in Arshot near Brussels will be main actors in the performance.

They have prepared repertoire of various dishes with shrimps and fish from North Sea, asparaguses with smoked salmon and vanilla souse, Brussels chicory.

Specially mentioned is the famous...

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2008/04/21

Sozopol Municipality starts policy of stimulating golf tourism developing and attracting more solvent tourists to the region.
One of the most significant steps in this direction is the construction of three golf courses in the area between the municipality villages Ravna Gora and Izvor.

Sozopol Municipality gives a chance of private partnership in the golf projects to serious investors, by providing investors terrains of 500 or 1000 decares.
The municipality strategy also previews...

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2008/04/18

The preparations for the construction of an airport near Kazanlak city (central Bulgaria) has started, Stefan Damyanov, mayor of the Kazanlak municipality informed.
According to his words the airport will be legitimated by the international flights requirements.

The airport is foreseen to have two runways and a reserve one (1,800 m), which will cover a capacity of landing planes with 40 passengers on board per day.

It is expected the realizing of charter flights at the new...

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