10.3 Million Tourists Expected to Visit Bulgaria's Black Sea Coast This Summer

Business » TOURISM | June 29, 2016, Wednesday // 12:54
Bulgaria: 10.3 Million Tourists Expected to Visit Bulgaria's Black Sea Coast This Summer

Forecasts predict that 10.3 million tourists will visit the Bulgarian Black Sea coast from May to October, making for a very successful tourist season.

This was stated by Rumen Draganov, director of the Institute for tourism analyses and evaluation, Darik radio quotes him as saying.

Draganov estimated that more than half of the expected tourists, or 5.6 million, will be Bulgarians.

Bulgaria can provide accommodation for around 1.5 million tourists. Most of the accommodation remained empty at the beginning of the season.

The ongoing UEFA European Championship in France is further delaying the bookings. The real start of the summer tourist season is expected to be from July 10 onwards.

All tour operators confirmed that there has been 35-60 % increase in the number of bookings made from the main markets.

The forecasts that tourists will be redirected towards Bulgaria have been confirmed.

It was clear from the end of last year that European tour operators will be seeking new destinations as some 15 million tourists are not expected to visit Turkey, Egypt and Tunisia this year.

Draganov admitted that the growth in the number of bookings was due more to geopolitical developments rather than increase in the quality of the tourist products offered in Bulgaria.

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