Minister Nikolina Angelkova met with the chairman of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences academician Stefan Vodenicharov

The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) will cooperate for the creation of a long-term Strategy for the Sustainable Development of Tourism in Bulgaria. This is what the Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova and the chairman of BAS acad. Stefan Vodenicharov agreed upon. Prof. Mitko Dimitrov, director of the Institute for Economic Research of BAS and the corresponding member Dimitar Dimitrov, advisor to the chair of BAS also attended the meeting. A Center for the Research of the Problems in Tourism has been set up especially for the purpose.

“It is important for the Ministry of Tourism to use the scientific capacity of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences”, said Minister Angelkova. According to her due to the cooperation between the two institutions a document will be drafted that will reflect the public and professional expectations regarding tourism.

The possibility to create “tourist observatories” as part of the Danube strategy was also discussed. BAS will include the Regional Academic Center in Russe in the project as the center has a signed contract for cooperation with the Giurgiu municipality in Romania.

The parameters of the cooperation as well as the forms and the ways for the successful realization the planned activities were also discussed at the meeting.