Deputy Tourism Minister Irena Georgieva and Deputy Minister of Environment and Water Atanaska Nikolova presented the award in the category "Spa Destination" at the annual ceremony of the "Wonders of Bulgaria" campaign.
During the last winter season our country was visited by 1.2 million tourists, and we expect this winter to have an increase and to make this figure even higher.
Russia remains one the important markets for Bulgaria and the Ministry of Tourism of Bulgaria will continue with efforts to stimulate the incoming tourist flow.
Bulgaria launched a massive Pan-European Channel promotional campaign on Eurosport, Discovery Channel, Euronews and National Geographic Channel which has had an outreach of 442 million views from March till October 2015.
The campaign for boosting home tourism has met the set target by reaching the expected 2 million people. The campaign which was funded by Operational Programme Regional Development 2007-2013 was independently evaluated by the ESTAT agency.
Deputy Minister of Tourism Irena Georgieva took part in the conference on Climate Change – Challenges to the Bulgarian Nature and Tourism, part of the Challenge Days Festival.
The Bulgarian Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova awarded the winners in two of the major categories of the Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association’s annual awards for excellence on 1 December in Sofia.
The upcoming December premiere of Dilwale (The Big Hearted), a Bollywood romantic action comedy film that was shot in Bulgaria starring Shahrukh Khan and Kajol, is expected to boost the interest of Indian tourists to Bulgaria.
Today, Deputy Minister of Tourism Irena Georgieva opened the second edition of the Go2Balkans Tourism Forum, which this year is held under the motto “The Balkans, Nature, History and Culture”.
Deputy Minister of Tourism Irena Georgieva participated in a meeting in Borovets with representatives of the local authorities, the supervisory bodies and the tourism industry to discuss the preparedness of the resort for the upcoming winter seaso
On Monday (23 November), the Deputy Minister of Tourism Irena Georgieva opened a forum on “What is the future of rural areas in terms of climate change?