The Bulgarian municipality of Dobrich and the Romanian municipal city of Constanta have received an EU grant of over EUR 1 M to boost their tourist infrastructure and revamp their zoos.

The funds are provided by the EU Romania-Bulgaria Trans Border Cooperation Program and are aimed at increasing the popularity of zoos in the Bulgarian municipality of Dobrich and the Romanian city of Constanta.

The two municipal cities will work on a project for increasing the development potential of the cross-border region by improving its tourist infrastructure.

The Bulgarian city of Dobrich will cooperate with the Museum Complex for Nature and Science in Constanta, Constanta's municipal council and the ProZoo association in Dobrich.

In 18 months the tourist services in the two cities will be given a substantial boost. The Center for the Protection of Nature and Animals in Dobrich will be equipped with a new shelter for brown bears as well as a veterinary clinic and a warehouse.

Cages for birds and small rodents and a small lake will also be provided. An information center will also be set up in the Dobrich zoo and a special tourist bus line will transport visitors to both Dobrich and Constanta.

The infrastructure of the Constanta Museum Complex for Science and Nature will also be improved, new shelters for ponies, deer, pelicans, swans, cormorants will be constructed.

Two boats will be purchased for trips down the Danube river delta.

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