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2010/04/14

The festival-exhibition “Green days” will be opened tomorrow in Sofia and will continue until 18th April. The forum is organized by the Bulgarian Association for alternative tourism in cooperation with the Sofia Municipality, the french institute in Sofia and eco coalition.

The festival will be opened tomorrow at 11.30 in front of the National Theater by the mayor of Sofia – Yordanka Fandakova. The garden in front of the National theater will host the exhibition until 18th April. Producers of...

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2010/04/12

At least 5 municipalities have already voted the funds for the development of “Plovdiv airport”, as the southern gate of Bulgaria, announced the regional cousil Mr. Ivan Totev.

Plovdiv airport has announced 50% discount of the airport taxes for two years, which will transform it into an attractive site for low cost air companies.

The head of one of the biggest air companies “Ryan air” - with 63 million passengers annually will arrive in Plovdiv on 17th May.

This would be a new...

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2010/04/08

The only sanctuary of a Persian god Mithra in the Rhodope mountain was shown to the attention to the medias”.

The sanctuary is situated in close vicinity to the Greek village Thermes, just 6 km from the Bulgarian border. It was discovered in 1915 by the archaeologists Mr. Bogdan Filov.

Archeology researches were not made in the region. After the opening of the new customs near Zlatograd, the rock sanctuary is now available for visits.

The sanctuary of Mithra God is situated in the...

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2010/04/07

Bulgaria is among the top 10 most affordable destinations in the world according to the German-language Yahoo! Travel Magazine.

The other countries where Europeans can go a long way with their EUR for a memorable holiday are Malaysia, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Croatia Turkey, Egypt and Hungary.

Meanwhile travel analysts expect that in 2010 the global tourist industry will return to its pre-crisis levels with growing interest towards the event tourism.

Bulgaria expects a...

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2010/04/07

Some 20 000 Romanians are spending the Easter holidays in the top Bulgarian Black Sea resort Golden Sands.

The tourists are mostly from Bucharest and have been attracted to the Bulgarian seaside by the competitive all-inclusive packages.

About 70% of the hotels in the Golden Sands resort have opened for the Easter holidays, the BNT reported. Among them, the large hotels are fully booked.

The hotels will be welcoming tourists until April 10, and will then be closed in order to prepare...

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2010/04/07

Dental tourism is an increasing trend with more and more foreigners who combine a holiday to Bulgaria's Black Sea coast with a visit to the dentist.

Bulgaria, especially the bigger cities along its Black Sea coast, has started to cash in from a growing number of foreigners, the majority of whom Britons and Greeks, who cannot get treatment on the NHS or cannot afford to pay huge bills for going private, doctors say.

“The global economic crisis increased the demand for lower prices, which...

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2010/04/06

The tourism association “Targovishte” will organize the initiative “City tour” - a sightseeing tour to all tourism sites in Targovishte.

The initiative “City Tour” will take place during the Spring Fair in the city. The fair in Targovishte will take place from 09 May – 15 May 2010 in the trade-industrial palace.

Touroperators, guests from the tourism information centres from all over Bulgaria and representatives of the miunicipal administration will attend the tour.

The association...

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2010/04/06

The house of humour and satire in Gabrovo become 38 years old on 01 April 2010. The festive program included an exhibition of child paintings and rich musical program.

A monument of "the Gabrovo cat" was opened during the festival.

A special program was prepared for the kids – popular fairytale heroes entertained all guests of the event. The festival also offered a special thriftiness hour with unique advices how to save our money.

The festive day ended with an exhibition “The cats”...

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2010/04/06

A new regular airline from Sofia, Bulgaria to Doha, Qatar will start in December 2010.

The announcement was made after Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov took part in a press conference in Qatar.

Bulgarian and Qatar’s transport ministers signed an agreement concerning the establishment of the flight line. According to Borisov, the new airline will make it easier for passengers from Qatar to travel to European destinations apart from Sofia.

The new line will increase Sofia Airport...

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2010/03/30

Bulgaria experienced a 7,8% increase in the number of foreign tourists visiting the country in January and February.

The Bulgarian Ministry of Tourism has published data showing that visits were up in the first two months compared with the same period in 2009.


More than 437 000 foreign tourists arrived in these, the two strongest months for ski resorts. People on private visits and taking vacations numbered 273 000, an increase of almost 30% over 2009, while business trips fell by...

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