TUI – Bulgaria to welcome over 220 000 international tourists during Summer‘2016

Calculations of TUI – Bulgaria indicate that over 220 000 international tourists will be welcomed during Summer‘2016. This was made clear during a meeting between the Minister of Tourism, Nikolina Angelkova, and the company’s country director, Plamen Katsarov.

„Data from all sub-sectors indicate growth this year, we are hopeful of an extended summer season as well“, Minister Angelkova said. Both shared the opinion that partnership between the Ministry of Tourism and the large-scale international tour operators has borne fruit over a limited period of time. „We are planning to continue with these activities as a crucial part of Bulgaria’s promotion as a tourism destination“, Nikolina Angelkova added.

TUI – Bulgaria registers a 2016 growth from most large markets for Bulgarian tourism services: Germany +20%; Poland+100%; UK +28%; the Netherlands +13%; Belgium +53%; Russia +15%. „For Summer’2017 we are expecting tourists from France, as well as expansion of the Nordic and Netherlands programme in the Varna region“, Plamen Katsarov explained. He added that negotiation over the forthcoming winter season was also going at very good rates. In his opinion, there is every change of Summer’2017 being even better than the record results reported for 2016 but work towards better quality in all aspects of the tourism product must continue.