The Ministry of Tourism initiates a meeting to discuss the current situation with tourist travel to Turkey

The Ministry of Tourism initiated a meeting to discuss the current situation with tourist travel to Turkey. It was attended by Deputy Minister of Tourism Irena Georgieva and representatives of 11 tourism companies operating on the Turkish market.

Deputy Minister Georgieva expressed gratitude for the swift actions taken by tour operators in the first several hours after the events in Turkey. Due to these actions as soon as Sunday (17 July) flight and bus transportation was provided for Bulgarian tourists. According to information of the tour operators, there still are Bulgarians in the big resorts, who have refused to cut short their vacations.

During the meeting a proposal was put forward to create a registry of tour operators and travel agencies in our country, focusing on the market distribution of their offered services. According to the industry, this would facilitate the effective and purposeful communication between the Ministry of Tourism and providers of tourism services. The opening of a hot line for placement of signals by tourism companies was also discussed.

The meeting was attended by Svetlana Atanasova, Chair of the Management Board of the Bulgarian Association of Travel Agents (BATA), Stela Filipova, member of the MB of the Association of Bulgarian Tour Operators and Travel Agents (ABTOTA), as well as representatives of the tourism companies Albena Holidays, Astral Holidays, Karaci Tours, Orient 99, Go2Holiday, Aqua Tour, Apollo 2000, Doris Ltd. Partner Travel, Tez Tour, and Solvex.