Minister Angelkova gives an interview to Euronews during the ITB – Berlin tourism exhibition

We are working towards information technologies being increasingly used in tourism, stated Minister Nikolina Angelkova in an interview for Euronews. The conversation with a journalist from the global media was held during the ITB – Berlin international tourism exhibition. Nikolina Angelkovanoted that the Ministry of Tourismis the first one, not only domestically but internationally as well, to launch a service enabling direct sharing of tourism sites via Viber’s Chat Extension. It is a joint project of the Ministry of Tourism and iLoveBulgaria.

Digital transformation of Bulgariantourismas a means to ensure its long-term competitiveness was a major focus of the round table on digitalization, which the Ministry of Tourism organized less than a month ago. The international forum was part of the events on the agenda of Bulgaria’s presidency of the EU Council, which our countrytook over for the first time at the start of 2018, the Bulgarian minister said further.             

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