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2008/07/21

Bulgaria's State Tourism Agency has selected the principle that will be used to zone the country in different tourism regions. The zones will be marketed abroad as separate destinations.
Each of the eight regions - Sofia, Rila-Pirin, Rhodpes, Thrace, Black Sea, Old Balkan Capitals, Balkan Range and Danube, will have to appoint by this fall a representative that will come into line with the agency.
That official will also sit on the national tourism board, a body that tackles issues related...

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2008/07/18

The site in the area of the Sofia International Airport that was eyed by the Plovdiv International Fair is classified as green area and any title transfer will first have to be approved by the chief architect of the city, Petar Dikov, it emerged at a government meeting on Thursday.

At the same meeting, the government gave the go-ahead to transfer the site from the assets of the transport ministry to those of the economy ministry.

Dikov could not be reached for comment on Thursday....

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2008/07/18

The tourist flow in Hissar Spa Resort is very high this season, many hotel managers stated these days.
The guests mainly come to use the swimming pools of Hissar – 7 outdoor and 4 indoor pools.

The Mineral Water Beach of the town offers the lowest rates – 3 BGN per visit durng the week and 4 BGN per visit for the weekend. 10 BGN is the fee for use of the swimming pools at Augusta Hotel and

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2008/07/18

The Swedish furniture company IKEA will open one of its largest stores in the Bulgarian capital Sofia in the second half of 2009.

The news was reported by the Bulgarian newspaper Pari Daily, which cites the Greek publication Imersia.

The Greek company Froulis, which is IKEA's authorized licensee in the region, is planning to open three furniture stores in the Balkans in 2009, and a total of 11-12 IKEA stores by 2013, two of which will be located in Bulgaria.

In February, Froulis signed...

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2008/07/18

CNN International will include Bulgaria in its Sights & Sounds online and TV advertising campaign as it seeks to build on the existing Bulgarian tourism TV advertising campaign on the channel, the broadcaster said in a statement.

Bulgaria tourism’s Sights & Sounds campaign was launched live to a global audience via CNN’s television feed for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, as well as its international website, cnn.com/international, on March 10.
The TV elements are built around the...

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2008/07/17

Veliko Tarnovo is hosting the XI International Folklore Festival, which starts on 19 July and continues till 02 August. This year the event will gather 16 international ensembles. As a tradition they will stage in open at Marno Pole City Park.

For first time so far groups from Malta, Uzbekistan and Ecuador will take place in the fest. There will also be participants from India, Russia, Thailand and Costa Rica. Last year the favourites from Costa Rica performed a song, which later became the...

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2008/07/17

A Stage of 3,000 Straw Bales to be built at 2,190 meters for Leviev's concert


Bulgarian jazz musician Milcho Leviev again will be on top. He will play with Plovdiv Big Band on July 19 on Perelik peak in the Rhodopes where a unique facility will be built for better acoustics. The special wall won't be built with conventional construction materials but with bales of straw arranged as a chessboard. Workers are calculating that about 3,000 bales will be needed to assemble the sound...

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2008/07/17

Sozopol is considered the oldest town along in Bulgaria with 2700 years old history. This was announced by Mr. Bozhidar Dimitrov, head of the National History Museum, who was born in Sozopol.
Sozopol (Apollonia) was a town – state, model of the ancient Greek democracy. Apollonia was the biggest and richest town on the Black sea coast, a centre of busy trade and art for 600 years. By the beginning of the Ist century BC, Apollonia became part of the Roman Empire. After Rome's dissolution Sozopol...

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2008/07/16

A group of young people from several European countries are taking a cycling tour from Bulgaria to Turkey to show the world that travelling and a good life are possible without much energy consumption.

Fifteen people - from Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia, Spain, Portugal and a few other countries - started the 2008 Ecotopia Biketour Jul. 4 in Bulgarian capital Sofia. After travelling for about 600 km in Bulgaria and another 1,000 km in Turkey, over more than one month, they will reach their final...

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2008/07/16

The number of French tourists in Bulgarian seaside resorts has gone up by 15% in comparison to last year, Ivan Stanchov, chairman of the Managing Board of the Alliance Francaise – Varna, told Focus – Varna Radio at the opening ceremony of the a new francophone center in the Bulgarian seaside city.

The ceremony was attended also by France’s ambassador to Bulgaria Etienne de Poncins.

“Over 100,000 French tourists visited Bulgarian Black Sea resorts during the last tourist season. Their...

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