Bulgarians' Overseas Trips Decrease on Monthly, Annual Basis
Bulgarians made 334 000 overseas trips in September 2012, according to data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI).
Bulgarians made 334 000 overseas trips in September 2012, according to data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI).
The number of Israeli tourists who have visited Bulgaria in September 2012 has decreased by 50% as compared to the same month of 2011, according to the country's National Statistical Institute.
In the first nine months of 2012, Sofia Airport serviced a total of 2 689 132 arrival and departure passengers, according to the airport's press office.
Over 500 000 Russian tourists are expected to have visited Bulgaria by the end of 2012, according to the country's consul in Moscow, Angel Georgiev.
Bulgarian tourists who were stranded in Turkey by the travel company On Travel are returning home Saturday.
Bulgaria's Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism has launched proceedings to take away the license of the On Travel tour operator.
The Turkish parnter of the Bulgarian tour operator that left 38 Bulgarian tourists stranded in Turkey announced it will pay for their stay so that they are not evicted from their hotel.
Some 40 tourists from Bulgaria have found themselves in a limbo in Turkey, after their tour operator failed to pay the hotels they are staying at.
Bulgaria is among the EU countries which foreign tourists avoid for repeat visits and would not recommend it to their friends.
Bulgaria won the top prize in the Active Tourism and Sports category at the tourist film festival in Ukraine for the clip Extreme Sports.
The Nature and Animals Protection Center in the Northern Bulgarian town of Dobrich and the Romanian city of Constanta's Natural Sciences Museum Complex are to develop five joint tourist routes.
Alexander Radkov, head of the Federal Agency for Tourism of the Russian Federation, has warned that Bulgarian hotels may be included in a blacklist.
Some 417 000 Russian tourists visited Bulgaria in the first eight months of 2012, according to the Association of Tour operators of Russia.
Bulgarians made 412 000 trips abroad in August 2012, up by 2.1% month on month and by 3.8% year on year, according to the National Statistical Institute (NSI).
Deputy Tourism Minister Ivo Marinov has informed that Bulgaria will launch an integrated promotional campaign in 2013 on the Romanian market financed under the Regional Development Operational Program.
The picturesque Bolata bay near the town of Kavarna on Bulgaria's northern Black Sea coast is going to be included in the "Most Beautiful Bays in the World" Club.
A tourist firm from Uzbekistan has mistakenly attached a map of the First Bulgarian Empire to an article advertising tours in Bulgaria.
Alexander Radkov, Chairman of the Russian Federal Tourism Agency and Ivo Marinov, Bulgaria's Deputy Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism informed about a 34% y/y increase in the number of Russian tourists to Bulgaria in the period January-September 19.
A total of BGN 1 M have been gathered in fines from irregularities in beach operation during the 2012 summer season in Bulgaria.
The number of tourists who have visited Bulgaria in June and July 2012 is up 6%, compared to the same months of 2011.
A promotional campaign of Bulgaria as a tourist destination starts September 17 at the Frankfurt Airport, one of the world's busiest international airports.
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