Archive for the ‘Bulgaria’ Category
Partisans’ camp in Bulgaria turned into a tourist attraction
A project to turn a former partisans’ camp into a tourist attraction is being undertaken by the municipality of the town of Batak in southern Bulgaria. Most of the partisans’ huts in the camp are intact, and young people have shown a great interest in visiting them, national media reported recently.
September 8, 2009
Posted in: Bulgaria
Bulgaria welcomes double-digit increase in foreign tourists
By Unal Basusta, eTN Ambassador | Dec 02, 2008
Foreign tourists in Bulgaria have increased by over 18 percent in the first 9 months of the year. This was announced by the chair of the state agency on tourism Anelia Krushkova recently at press conference, according to Bulgaria National Radio (BNR).
December 2, 2008
Posted in: Bulgaria
Bulgaria registers 18% more foreign tourists
By Unal Basusta, eTN | The number of visits of foreign tourists in Bulgaria has increased by 18% during the first half of 2008, compared to the same period of last year, according to preliminary data from the National Statistics Institute.
August 4, 2008
Posted in: Bulgaria
Separate Tourism Ministry put forward in Bulgaria
Management and advertising in tourism sector in Bulgaria should be completed by a ministry to be instituted in the context of the upcoming overall changes in the cabinet, the National Tourism Board proposed at a sitting on Wednesday.
April 17, 2008
Posted in: Bulgaria
Bulgaria’s tourism presentation
By The Sofia Echo/etn
Bulgaria implements new scheme to market its tourism attractions to the global arena.
The State Agency for Tourism (SAT) proposed dividing Bulgarian tourist attractions on a regional basis as a way of presenting the country's treasures to the foreign market.
June 26, 2007
Posted in: Bulgaria
Sex slavery plagues Romania and Bulgaria
BUCHAREST, Romania (Reuters) — Anca thought girls who spoke on television about being sold into sex slavery were paid to invent such stories to boost tv show ratings.
That was until she answered a friend’s invitation to join her in Germany and work as a dishwasher in a town near Hamburg. When she arrived, her passport [...]
January 11, 2007
Posted in: Bulgaria
Serbia and Bulgaria share border train station
David Browne eTN Europe
Serbia and Bulgaria have begun an unusual cooperation in train travel, by opening a joint border station. Customs and immigration checks will be done by officers from both countries in one place, saving time for passengers on international trains.
December 13, 2006
Posted in: Bulgaria
Japanese tourists interested in Bulgaria’s Veliko Turnovo for Spa and Wellness
By Petar Kostadinov l SofiaEcho/eTurbonews
The dream customers of every hotel owner in the world – Japanese tourists – are flocking to Veliko Turnovo. This finding was made at the second anniversary of the National Association of Spa and Wellness Tourism (NSAWT) held in Veliko Turnovo this week. Addressing participants in the event, Veliko Turnovo mayor [...]
November 7, 2006
Posted in: Bulgaria
The importance of Bulgaria’s tourism bodies
By Ivan Vatahov l The Sofia Echo
Bulgaria's non-governmental tourism organizations insist that the sector be monitored by a ministry, instead of the currently existing State Agency on Tourism. This was said on September 14 at a news conference by the heads of the National Board of Tourism, the Bulgarian Association of Travel Agents, the Bulgarian [...]
September 26, 2006
Posted in: Bulgaria
Barcelo Hotels & Resorts Open Their First Hotel in Bulgaria – Barcelo Festa Sofia
This opening makes Barceló the first Spanish hotel chain to expand into the Bulgarian capital. The incorporation of Barceló Festa Sofia, which will form part of the exclusive Barceló Premium hotels, confirms the group’s commitment to expanding into the main Eastern European destinations:
November 16, 2005
Posted in: Bulgaria