Cultural events give tourism an added value

04 August 2018

Deputy Minister Lyuben Kanchev welcomed the participants and the guests of the second edition of the Summer Evenings of the Opera and Baba Vida Ballet

Cultural events give tourism an added value. That is why the culture and tourism need to be developed together for the common progress and sustainable growth in the sector. This was said by the Deputy Tourism Minister Lyuben Kanchev at the opening of the second edition of the Summer Evenings of the Opera and Baba Vida Ballet. He congratulated the Mayor, the participants and the guests of the cultural event and wished success on behalf of the Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova. We firmly believe that such initiatives have a serious positive effect on the overall development of tourism, said the Deputy Minister Kanchev. And he pointed out that for this reason the ministry has created 8th cultural historical destinations. Vidin is included in them with a number of sites, including Baba Vida, Osman Pazvantoglu Mosque, Exarch Antim I Mausoleum and Ethnographic Museum "The Cross Barracks". The Baba Vida Fortress became the winner of the Grand Prize "The Choice of the Bulgarians" in the second annual tourism awards that the ministry organized last year. 

The municipality is also involved in the project for 12 wine-culinary destinations, which is jointly developed between the Ministries of Tourism and Agriculture, Food and Forestry. These attractions are impressive and have a serious positive effect on the image of Vidin Municipality and the development of tourism in the region, the Deputy Minister said. The results for the January-May period are very positive, with revenues from the sleeping accommodation of 10 and more beds in the area being BGN 2.192 million in the first 5 months of 2018, an increase by 11.4% compared to the same period a year earlier. The total number of the tourist nights spent increased by 21.1%, reaching over 57 thousand. On a national scale, the foreign tourist visits to Bulgaria for the first six months of the year amounted to more than 3.6 million, an increased by 8.9% compared to the same period lat year. The excellent indicators in tourism are the result of the joint efforts of the state, the local government and the branch, said the Deputy Minister Kanchev and assured that the Ministry of Tourism will support all initiatives supporting the sustainable development of the sector. He wished success to the participants and many exciting experiences to the audience in the summer evenings of the Opera and Baba Vida Ballet.

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