VII International Tourism Fair “Cultural Tourism” Starts Today in Veliko Tarnovo

Kamelia Krumova, VisitBulgaria.NET, 14 April 2010

VII International Tourism Fair “Cultural Tourism” Starts Today in Veliko Tarnovo
The 7th annual edition of the International Tourist Fair “Cultural tourism – 2010”, organized by the Municipal Tourist Agency „Tsarevgrad Tarnov“ LTD, starts form 14th through 17th April 2010 in Veliko Tarnovo city in Bulgaria,

The Fair will take place at the Convention Center “Rafael Mihaylov” in the centre of Veliko Tarnovo and will be held with the kind cooperation of the Veliko Tarnovo Municipality, the Bulgarian Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism, the Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association and the Bulgarian Association of Travel Agents.

Veliko Tarnovo –The Balkan capital of cultural tourism – will be the motto of the upcoming Fair. This prestigious award was given to Veliko Tarnovo during the 47th International Congress of IH&RA /International Hotel and Restaurant Association/, which took place in Belgrade, the Republic of Serbia, in January 2010.

The International Tourist Fair “Cultural Tourism – 2010” will be organized as an event with three component parts:

Tourist Fair - offers an excellent opportunity for tourist organizations, culture institutions and municipalities to present their ideas in the field of culturally-cognitive tourism by advertising and information distribution.

Discussion program - includes topics of present interest about what is going on in the field of tourism – new tourist sites, attractions, problems of tourist branch and new lines for stable tourist development in the country and abroad.
Film festival “On the eastern coast of Europe” – presents movies, popularizing the Bulgarian cultural heritage.