The control authorities have been completely mobilized for the opening of 2014/2015 winter season, the Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova announced at the first of the scheduled meetings for the readiness of our winter resorts, which was held in Samokov with the participation of all inspection authorities concerned and the representatives of industry.

At the initiative of the Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova and in view of the successful completion of the talks held with the Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take steps to facilitate the procedures for issuing visas to Bulgarian neighboring countries and to promote tourist travel from Turkey to Bulgaria during the winter season, Bulgarian consulates in Turkey have been instructed to issue dual-entry and multiple-entry visas with a term of validity of three months for Turkish citizens wishing to visit Bulgarian resorts.

Bulgaria and Romania will establish a joint information center to promote their joint tourist products. This became apparent after the meetings held today in Bucharest between the Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova and the Romanian Deputy Prime Minister Liviu Dragnea and the Minister for European Funds in Romania Eugen Teodorovich. Minister Angelkova opened a business forum "Food and drinks from sunny Bulgaria".