Bulgaria is promoting the opportunities the country offers for year-round recreation and leisure at the largest Austrian tourism fair Ferien-Messe Wien, taking place from January 14 through January 17, 2016 in Vienna.
The ski runs in Pamporovo meet the requirements of the Ordinance on safety and information security of ski runs in Bulgaria, which has been put into implementation for the first time this season.
The Ministry of Tourism has launched, in cooperation with Bulgarian municipalities, a billboard campaign to promote domestic tourism. The campaign will cover all major municipalities and will promote tourism opportunities by regions.
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.
Български
English
