Minister Angelkova held talks in Brussels with Lowri Evans, head of a Directorate General of the European Commission

27 September 2017

The Tourism Minister, Nikolina Angelkova, held talks in Brussels with Mrs. Lowri Evans, Director-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SME’s in the EC. The Bulgarian minister presented to her our tourism initiatives in an international perspective, highlighting the two high-level meetings on tourism to be held in February and May 2018, which have been scheduled for Bulgaria within the framework of the country’s presidency of the EU in 2018.

Mrs. Evans stated her preparedness to arrive in Sofia for those events once their finalized dates are officially confirmed. She also communicated EC’s support for Sofia hosting for the second year running the International Congress on World Civilizations and Creative Tourism, which will be held in late October or November 2018, with CNN’s star anchor Richard Quest having been invited as moderator.

Minister Angelkova also familiarized the meeting’s host with the expected inter-state level meetings on development of tourism along the Danube river, as well as with the tourism opportunities at the Black Sea. The Bulgarian minister also received recognition for the created I Love Bulgaria portal, which develops culture tourism in Bulgarian municipalities and creates incentives for pupils to visit museums and become familiar with our history and culture. The EC representative also congratulated the Ministry of Tourism on the established annual awards in tourism, which promote competition in tourism among municipalities, media, websites, tourism attractions, etc.

Angelkova and Evans were unanimous that one strong incentive for European tourism’s development will be its opening to remote markets, China in particular. Minister Angelkova is in Brussels at the invitation of the European Parliament’s President, Antonio Tajani, to state her position at a summit conference for the future of tourism.

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