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2008/02/13

Hunting will become one of Bulgaria's trump-cards in the race for attracting affluent tourists. The government relies on hunting tourism to lure rich guests from East Asia and Arab countries. Sheikhs and the cream of the Western-European society show interest in hunting tourism in Bulgaria, according to Anelia Krushkova, chair of the Bulgarian State Agency for Tourism. The Chinese and Japanese tourists who visit Bulgaria are also interested in hunting. The latter, reportedly, are keener on golf...

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2008/02/12

The bed capacity of Bulgarian ski resort Pamporovo has increased from around 2,000 in 2000 to 15,000-20,000 at present.

The municipalities of Smolian and Chepelare each have jurisdiction over a section of the resort and issue building permits for the respective territory.

According to the Smolian municipality, the number of beds on its section of the resort is around 12,000.

The Smolian municipality said it granted eight building permits in 2007 for a total of 2,000 beds.

The bed...

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2008/02/12

The chairman of the local golf association Krasimir Gergov is behind the initiative of the government to set up a working group to draft a strategy for the development of the industry in Bulgaria, Gergov himself told Dnevnik. The working group was created in '07 while last week the government decided to incorporate Golf Development, a company that will implement golfing projects. The first land plot that will e developed is in Balchik. According to Gergov, Bulgaria should take cue from Turkey...

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2008/02/12

The culture monuments in Bulgaria are round 39,800.

This was announced by the director of National Institute of Culture Monuments Georgy Ugrinov.

Just in the region of Sofia, the monuments are round 1,700.

Unfortunately one big part of the historical sights has been left without control and is crumbling.

The state is taking care of it, but the money is never enough, Ugrinov comments.

Some sources are put aside for the archaeological sights, for cultural monuments of high...

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2008/02/12

Bulgaria's three-way ruling coalition is to allow the online gambling through introducing some amendments in the law they agreed on at the two-day closed debates held in the resort town of Hisarya.

The structural plan of the country's state lottery will also be changed to result in expanding the distributing network - more companies will be allowed to sell tickets but not only the now existing stations.

The amendments aim at increasing the incomes from the state lottery. The extra money...

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2008/02/12

On the 16 of January 2008 Burton gives a chance to any snowboard amateur to be a real professional in Burton Amateur Tour in Bansko. The famous Bulgarian mountain resorts hosts the event for the third time.

The competition takes place in the Fun Park at Platoto site. The participant can register themselves in front of Happy End Bar next to the first station of the cabin lift till 10 o’clock AM. From 10 till 11 o’clock the competitors will have the opportunity to test the slope and to train...

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2008/02/11

Between 12 and 19 February in the surroundings of Dospat lake, round the reservoirs ‘Shiroka Poliyana' and ‘Beglika' will gather the best competitors in ski orientation to take part in World Cup Championship for Ski Orientation.
The competitions will be in 4 categories: sprint, long destination, average destination and baton.

Over 300 sportsmen from 18 countries have already signed for the competition.

Bulgarian orientators are 18 in all age groups, as some countries as Russia, Sweden...

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2008/02/11

The Englishman Michael Weavers received the first prize in the annual competition for the best grape rakia (traditional Bulgarian brandy) in the village of Skalitza close to the city of Yambol in southeast Bulgaria.

Weavers has been living in the nearby village of General Toshevo by the Tundja River for several years, the Bulgarian National Television reported. He has been taught by his Bulgarian neighbors how to make good rakia by mixing several types of grapes and without adding sugar....

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2008/02/11

2008 will be the subway year, the finance vice-major of Sofia Minko Gerdjikov announced on today's public discussion over capital's budget.
Gerdjikov explained the municipality prepared 108 million BGN (54 million EUR) for the construction of underground railway.

The plan is the subway trace to reach ‘Mladost' district to the end of the year.

This year Sofia Municipality grants the biggest amount for planting that have ever been spent for these actions - 10 million BGN (5 million EUR)....

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2008/02/11

Bulgaria is one of the top tourist destinations chosen by on-line reservations for the season 2008, claims one of the biggest reservation web portals in Germany – weg.de. Bulgaria is a new destination which becomes more and more popular among the German tourists.

Traditionally Mallorca, Turkey and Egypt are the most preferable destinations among the German travelers but the resorts in Bulgaria and the Canary islands are the new hot offers at the German tourist market for the summer season...

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