Europe's tourism sector has suffered losses worth EUR 1 B due to travel disruptions caused by the high-altitude ash billowing from an erupting Icelandic volcano, show preliminary estimates by the European Commission..
The Bulgarian government forecasts a 5% increase in the number of foreign tourists in 2010, according to Economy Minister Traicho Traikov.
There's been a 27,9% drop in the number of Bulgarian tourists abroad for March 2010 year-on-year, shows data by Bulgaria's National Statistical Institute.
Bulgarian tourists rank third, behind Germans and Iranians, in terms of visitor numbers to Turkey for January-March 2010.
The Bulgarian Ministry refused to amend the new visa waver procedures for Russian tourist during discussions with representatives of the Bulgarian tourist associations.
Bulgaria's largest tourist associations will meet Tuesday with officials of the Bulgarian Interior Ministry to discuss new visa waiver procedures for Russian tourists.
The Bulgarian Tourism Chamber firmly opposes the changes in the requirements to issue visas to Russian citizens, made just before the beginning of the summer season.
Construction works in Bulgaria's Black Sea summer destinations near the coastal city of Varna will be terminated as of the middle of next month when the new season sets in.
Bulgarian and Greek municipalities have come together to offer joint tourist tours of the Rhodope Mountains.
The trips of Bulgarians abroad during of 2009 have been 1 334 300, the National Statistics Institute data shows.
Bulgaria's culture tourism registers a 7% increase despite the economic crisis, data presented at the official opening of the "Culture Tourism 2010" expo reveals.
The number of foreign tourists, visiting Bulgaria between January and March 2010, is up nearly 8% year on year, according to data of the Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism.
Dental tourism is an increasing trend with more and more foreigners who combine a holiday to Bulgaria's Black Sea coast with a visit to the dentist.
Some 20 000 Romanians are spending the Easter holidays in the top Bulgarian Black Sea resort Golden Sands.
Bulgaria is among the top 10 most affordable destinations in the world according to the German-language Yahoo! Travel Magazine.
Bulgaria experienced a 7,8% increase in the number of foreign tourists visiting the country in January and February.
Romania, which has recently announced ambitious plans for the development of its seaside resorts, has declared willingness to tap the experience of its neighbor Bulgaria as far as privatization and investments in the tourism sector are concerned.
Bulgaria's government plans to increase the value-added tax by 2 percentage points to to 22 percent triggered vehement opposition by representatives of the tourism sector, saying the move will be detrimental for them.
The Europe Travel Commission of the World Tourism Organization is going to hold a sitting in Bulgaria's capital Sofia.
The resorts in Bulgaria's Rhodope Mountain are increasingly starting to seek Bulgarian and Greek customers as the number of UK and Irish tourists is dropping.
Passenger numbers at Bulgaria's three main international airports trebled from 2,2 M in 2000 to over 6,6 million in 2008, before falling by 9% in 2009 to just over 6,0 M travelers.
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