Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova held a working meeting with Pansy Ho, Vice President and Secretary General of the Global Forum for Tourism and Economy. Mrs.
I am proud to present to you the latest initiative of Bulgaria - a philatelic edition dedicated to the initiative “2017 - International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development”.
China’s initiative “One Belt, One Road” is in support of the implementation of the action plan for the sustainable development of tourism until the year 2030.
In 2018 Bulgaria will host the International Congress of the World Civilizations and Ancient Routes under the initiative of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
Minister Angelkova pointed out that Russia is one of the strategic tourist markets for Bulgaria and announced that for the period January-July 2017, the tourists from the Russian Federation in Bulgaria were nearly 365 thousand, which is a 2% growt
On the initiative of Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova over 400 ths postcards will be sent to tourists, who are on holiday in Bulgaria. The special gesture aims to thank them for having chosen the country as a destination for their vacation.
We are working actively for the advertising of Bulgaria on the Chinese tourist market in order to promote Bulgaria as an all year round tourist destination.
The number of tourists visiting Bulgaria with Thomas Cook, one of the leading global companies for tourist trips and holidays, is expected to reach 400,000 people by the end of this season, which is 16.5% growth compared to last year.
Bulgaria is the only country that will validate a postage stamp with subject “2017 - International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development”. Our initiative was approved by the Secretary General of UN World Tourism Organization Taleb Rifay.