Bulgaria Expects 2.5 Bln EUR from Tourism, Could Do Four Times Better

News.bg, 02 Nov. 2007

Bulgaria expects profits accounting for 2.5 bln. EUR from its tourism branch until the end of the current year. This was the opinion of the chairman of the Bulgarian Tourism association, Mr. Tsvetan Tonchev, during the thirtieth edition of the "Tourism and leisure time fair", which is taking place in the port of Varna. This is a rise of 10-15%.

Theis news id good, but the more shocking opinion is that Bulgaria could rise its profits up to 10-12bln. EUR per year. This could happen only if a well developed infrastructure is present. Bulgaria should also use all of its natural assets like thermal springs and forests and develop all possible types of tourism well enough (e.g. golf tourism, hunting tourism, cultural tourism etc.)

This was the opinion of the chairman of the Bulgarian association of owners of hotels and restaurants, Blagoy Ragin.

Otherwise in the country the biggest share of the profits is made by the seaside resorts - they generate 68% of the lump sum. This is due to the fact that the tourism season there is longer, the vice-president of the State Tourism Agency Stanislav Novakov said.

He also commented that the rise of the profit of Bulgaria from international tourism is already almost equal to the expenditure of Bulgarian tourists abroad.

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