The tourist sector will make the South Black Sea Coast an all-year-round destination

The tourist business, public institutions and local authorities will work together to make the South Black Sea Coast an all-year-round destination. They agreed to combine their efforts in preventing seasonality in the region during the meeting of the Minister of Tourism Assoc. Prof. Stela Baltova in Burgas, organized by the Regional Governor Valcho Cholakov.

Seasonality is still a major problem for tourism in the region, being concentrated in the summer. Traffic at Burgas Airport in the high season is 93%, Minister Baltova said. She welcomed the establishment of the Regional Fund for Air Route Development, which is intended as an association between Fraport Twin Star Airport Management AD and the four largest municipalities in the region – Burgas, Nessebar, Pomorie and Sozopol. The fund aims to boost traffic in the low season for flights (October – May) and attract more low-cost airlines, thus attracting tourists for short-stay trips. The top 5 destinations of Burgas Airport are Moscow (Russia), Tel Aviv (Israel), London (UK), Prague (Czech Republic), Saint Petersburg (Russia). In the past season 13 new airlines operated flights from and to Burgas Airport. Included in the summer schedule were 19 new destinations in Russia, Poland, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Greece and Italy. For the time being, only one low-cost airline operates flights between Burgas and London three times a week.

In regard to the security of tourists in the upcoming summer season Minister Baltova referred to Burgas Municipality as an example of enhanced video surveillance. 400 CCTVs have already been installed and by the end of the year their number will reach 600. The business demanded from the State to speed up expansion of Pomorie-Aheloy road.  Malko Tarnovo Municipality insisted on the reconstruction of the section to Tsarevo in order to enhance the flow of tourists from inland.