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2008/03/24

Round 100, 000 Ukrainians visit Bulgaria yearly with purpose tourism money .bg announced.

Round 80,000 million USD is the yearly stock exchange between both countries, the Ukrainian ambassador for Bulgaria Victor Kalnik said on the meeting with the major of Varna Kiril Jordanov.

He reminded, after the entering of Ukraine in the International trade Organization, the opportunities for mutual cooperation have increased.

The Bulgarian business has opportunity to return to the...

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2008/03/24

Record numbers of holidaymakers are flying out to Bulgaria this summer for sun, sea, sand – and cheap dental treatment.

That's according to UK company, Dentaprime Dental Clinic who report rocketing figures for their summer 2008 bookings from UK residents looking to combine a trip to the dentist with their holiday.

As more and more patients baulk at the cost of treatment in UK, the coastal area of Bulgaria is fast becoming a haven for dental tourists where alongside the many souvenir...

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2008/03/21

The last charter fligts with tourists for the Borovets ski resort are due to arrive in the beginning of April, Borosport, the company which manages the facilities of Botovets told The Sofia Echo.

The season will be closed officially when the snow melts. During season 2006/2007, skiing was possible until May 10 2007.

Currently the snow coverage varies from 0.6m in the lower areas to two m at the Markudjitsite (Markudjik 1, 2, 3 and 4 ski runs), Borosport said.

Most of the hotels started...

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2008/03/21

Super modern yacht port will be built in Ravda seaside village in two years as the project will cost of 30 million EUR, money.bg announced.
The port will go 480 meters inside the sea. Its common surface will be over 24, 000 square meters and will accommodate 450 boats.

Half of the positions are for sailing vessels over 30 meters.

The marine will have modern infrastructure, opportunity for wireless Internet, store-repairing base and shops.

The building will start at earliest in the...

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2008/03/21

There are more than 600 caves found in the Rodope Mountains and 4 of them are opened for tourists. These are “Snezhanka” cave near Peshtera, “Yagodinska cave”, “Dyavolskoto gurlo” (The Devil’s throat) and “Uhlovitsata” near Mogilitsa village. This was announced by Sergei Genchev, the manager of “Yagodinska cave”. The cave is very interesting tourist destination.

“Yagodinska cave” is located in the gorge of Buinovska River. The cave is 10 km long and 1100 m are opened for visitors. Tourists...

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2008/03/19

Bulgaria's stand in the tourism exhibition in Russia's capital Moscow overshadowed the Turkish and the Greek stands, in the words of the Chair of Bulgarian State Agency for Tourism Aneliya Krushkova, quoted by the Bulgarian National Radio.

Thirty Bulgarian tourist firms are represented at the Inturmarket 2008 exhibition in Moscow.

"Bulgaria's stand is very large, beautiful, and sunny", Krushkova said adding that it had one of the best locations at the fair, close to the entrance of the...

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2008/03/18

Non-EU nationals can already apply for Bulgarian visa through the Internet, Foreign Minister Ivaylo Kalfin announced on Monday.

The service is already operational in the consulate in Moscow, while the consulates in Saint Petersburg, Kiev and Belgrade will start receiving visa applications online within the next couple of months, the ministry said.

There is constant increase in the number of applications for Bulgarian visas and the new Internet system will make the process easier, Kalfin...

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2008/03/17

The expected growth of tourist in Bulgaria in the coming summer season is between 3 and 5 %, compared to the last year season.

This was prognosticated by Rumen Draganov, director of Institute for analysis and value in tourism.

Last year Bulgaria was visited by 7,8 million tourists and excursionists.

The increase in coming holiday makers will be mainly due to Romanian and Greek tourists.

The impression will remain that the number of tourists is insufficient because of the enormous bed...

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2008/03/14

Bulgaria enters the World guide for film destinations in the next edition of the book, shared Tony Reeves, editor of World wide guide to movie locations.

In the last years Bulgaria became place for shooting of many US film productions, but also a place where many world famous stars, Oscar holders came to participate in the movies.

It is foreseen that Bulgaria make contacts with tour operators who will offer local product, explained from the ‘Film Tour' company.

Whole in 1999 the film...

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2008/03/14

When you are at the golf playground you must be concentrated at maximum. That's the common with football.

The difference between the two games is that in golf the ball is waiting for you and in football - it is not.

World football star- the Bulgarian Hristo Stoichkov made a joke during a long friendly golf game on ‘St. Sofia' club's playground.

Stoichkov spend more than 7 hours on the ground along with his former co-players from Barcelona and Bulgaria's sports commentator Kalin...

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