Bulgaria ranks first in growth of night-stays EU-wide

10 October 2016

According to Eurostat data, during the first 6 months of 2016, the total number of night-stays in our country (by both foreigners and Bulgarians) was over 8 mil., with the growth vis-à-vis 2015 exceeding 18%. This ranks our country first in growth of night-stays among the EU countries, for which Eurostat has received and published data. This was announced in an interview for Focus Radio by the Minister of Tourism, Nikolina Angelkova.

„The increasing number of tourists considerably increases revenues in tourism as well – for the first seven months of 2016 they have grown by nearly half a billion leva or 15% up compared to the same period of 2015“, Minister Angelkova said. According to her, during this year’s first seven months overall revenues from international tourism into the balance of payment’s current account, according to BNB data, amount to BGN 3,4 bln.

She also commented on the concluded visit of the Saudi Arabian Prince Sultan Al Saud to our country. He was interested in Bulgaria’s potential to develop alpine tourism, having seen the ski tracks of Borovets and Vitosha, it was made clear by the Minister.

Another topic of discussion was a visit organized by the Ministry of Tourism for diplomatic corps representatives in our country. At the end of last week they visited the Strandzha area, their host was the Sredets mayor, Ivan Zhabov. „Immediately following that visit, within a single day, there were over 150 visitors to one of the most magnetic locations in the region – Markov Kamak, which is an absolute record, Nikolina Angelkova emphasized. She took on a commitment that her ministry will continue the good cooperation with representatives of diplomatic missions as an opportunity to promote our country’s tourism potential.

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