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2010/10/21

Bulgaria's Economy Ministry is planning to present the country as a destination at the Romanian Tourism Fair 2010.

The international tourist expo will take place in the Romanian capital Bucharest on October 21-24, 2010.

It is usually attended by over 30 000 businesspeople from the tourism sector.

Bulgaria will take part in the Romanian Tourism Fair with an information pavilion of 110 square meters.

A total of 16 Bulgarian tour operators, travel agencies, tourism organizations and...

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2010/10/21

A brand new tourism information centre will be opened at the old Turkish post office in Vidin on 22th October this year. The tourism centre will service guests and residents of the town according to the Danube strategy.
The renovation of the “Krastata Kazarma” museum and “Kaleto” will start next year. The main goal of the project is to recover and develop the culture and history sights part of the Vidin fortification system “Kaleto”, connecting the preserved fortification walls of the Turkish...

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2010/10/20

The geographic location and natural resources ranks Bulgaria among the countries with huge ornithology tourism potential. The country offers 420 species of birds – from 800 in whole Europe. The best sites for bird watching are along the Black sea coast and the Rhodope mountain. However, Bulgaria has still not set traditions in this field.
During the autumn and winter seasons interesting species can be seen in close vicinity to water basins, especially along the sea and the big dams. The sights...

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2010/10/20

Bulgaria will invest some BGN 2.1 million into the launch of a vast campaign to promote local tourism among its citizens for the second time in the last two years, deputy Economy Minister, Ivo Marinov, said.
Funds for the initiative will be provided under the EUR 5 million Regional Development programme of the European Union. The remaining BGN 3 million will be channeled into the roll-out of another campaign, likely to be held next year, Marinov added.
The contract has been awarded to...

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2010/10/19

Vidin municipality expects a 20% increase in the number of tourists in the town, when th enwq project for reconstruction of “Kaleto” fortress is completed.
The local administration has already received approval for financing by the operation program “Regional development”, announced the mayor of Vidin – Roumen Vidov.

The project aims to transform the site into an attractive tourism destination. The culture-historical sightseeing which includes the preserved fortification walls of the Turkish...

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2010/10/18

Fashion Travel Show will take place in Premier Luxury Mountain Resort

Premier Luxury Mountain Resort, has been chosen to host Fashion Travel, during the 21st to 24th of October. The Fashion Show and an official Cocktail Party will be held on the 22nd of October. Fashion Travel will be followed by many other events. Attendance is free, but space is limited, so reservation is required.

Fashion Travel is a unique concept of fashion manifestation which has been organized for the past 4 years...

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2010/10/15

The Bulgarian ski federation announced the idea for the construction of a huge ski jump complex in Sofia. According to preliminary estimations the complex would cost between 10 and 15 million Euro.

The coordinator of the continental group for FIS - Horst Tilman, who is managing the construction of the ski jumps worldwide commented that Sofia is the prefect site, which will allow the town to welcome the starts of the summer and winter World cup. We have already constructed a similar complex in...

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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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