Bulgarian Tourism in 2007

News.bg, Dec 27 2007

First year of membership in the Union reflects favorably on Bulgarian tourism image.
The interest towards Bulgaria is growing as well as the foreign tourist flux. More than 4 million tourists had spend their winter or summer vacation in Bulgaria this year.
Compared to 2006 the tourists are with 7% more.

More than 70% of the foreign tourists who visit Bulgaria are from the EU - mostly from Greece, Germany, UK, Sweden, Finland and other.
Guests from these countries are with 30% more since 2007 started.

Despite all numbers, Bulgarian tourism considered as the ‘Tiger of the Balkans' marked a stagnation compared to previous years.
This was noticed in the very beginning of summer season 2007.


For first time from years, the fast builted hotels in the seaside resorts remained empty until the end of July.
Experts explain the anxious tendency with the irresistible constructions of hotels, vacancy villages, golf playgrounds, night clubs which entirely changed the picture for Bulgaria as destination for quite family vacation in silence among preserved nature.
In the first seven months of 2007 in the country were built record number of hotels and amusement places - over 1,800.

Meanwhile more people in Bulgaria realize that tourism doesn't mean only constructing and offering of luxury bed basis and clubs.
There are many tourists who would like to know Bulgaria's real face. Foreigners direct to up country for see local monasteries, medieval castles, Thracian heritage and others.


It comes out that foreign tourists prefer Bulgaria mostly because of its preserved nature and the thousand-year old cultural-history heritage.
This is the main reason many Britons to settle in Bulgarian villages, situated in mountain or near the Black sea coast.

This year winter came earlier and the snow already covered with powder local ski resorts.
As a tradition biggest fans of Bulgarian winter resorts are the British. Many Scandinavians and Russians are also big parts of the tourists.