Minister Nikolina Angelkova and Mayor Ivan Alexies discuss opportunities to promote the Ancient Beehive Tomb in Pomorie

The Ancient Beehive Tomb in Pomorie was visited by over 8 000 tourists in 2015. This year further growth is expected, with visitors exceeding 7 200 in just the first 7 months. This was announced during a meeting between the Minister of Tourism, Nikolina Angelkova, and the Pomorie Mayor, Ivan Alexiev.

„The site has huge potential, which was the reason why it was one of the symbols of the campaign to promote domestic tourism, which we carried out last year“, Nikolina Angelkova emphasized. Mayor Alexiev also briefed her on the Municipality’s plans to develop the site and improve its socialization. Preliminary communication has already taken place, work is being done to improve its road, water, and sewer infrastructure and create extra tourist attraction. "My wish is that this monument becomes as accessible as possible for more guests and tourists. The tomb is exclusive state property, a national-significance site. I am optimistic that when government, municipality, and businesses stand shoulder to shoulder we can achieve great results in this ", Mayor Alexiev shared.

„You have Ministry of Tourism’s full support and my personal commitment for us to turn this site into one of the symbols of cultural-historical tourism at the Black Sea coast“, Minister Angelkova said. She highlighted that during the first 6 months of this year Burgas Region has welcomed over 286 000 international tourism and that had promotion of and services at the site been more diverse, even better results could have been achieved.

The Ancient Beehive Tomb is a genuine masterpiece of ancient architecture. The unique archaeological monument is located 4 km from Pomorie and is one of the most visited cultural-historical sites in the municipality.