Minister Angelkova held a work meeting in Moscow with Sergey Krivonosov, State Duma deputy chairman of the Committee on Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism

The Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova held a work meeting with Sergey Krivonosov, State Duma deputy chairman of the Committee on Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism and Youth Affairs, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Tourism. The two met during a visit of the Bulgarian Minister to Russia during the Intourmarket 2019 international tourist exchange.

Russia is one of the most important markets for Bulgarian tourism and we make consistent efforts to ensure the best conditions for Russian tourists and Russian tour operators, offering Bulgaria as a priority destination, said Minister Angelkova. She pointed out that during the visit of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev in Bulgaria a two-year Program for Joint Actions in the field of tourism was signed between the Ministry of Tourism of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.

 The Minister also explained that the two main products that are emphasized are cultural-historical tourism and the development of children's camps. We have over 1850 festivals - local, regional and national. Participation in festivals further encourages travel by citizens from the federation, she said. 

The implementation of a ferry project will increase the number of tourists between the two countries, said Sergey Krivonosov. The two agreed on the idea that cruise tourism is an important place among the products and therefore efforts should be made to promote it.

Active work will be done to deepen the co-operation between the Bulgarian and Russian Black Sea organizations, said Minister Angelkova and added that this would have an additional positive effect for the development of tourism in both countries.