Minister Prodanov and Minister Tatjana Matić united around the motto “The Balkans - a safe destination for tourism”

The Minister of Tourism Hristo Prodanov held a working meeting in Belgrade with the Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications of Serbia Tatjana Matić. He proposed specific ideas to develop the potential of the region in the field of cultural, congress, pilgrimage and sea tourism. The two countries agreed to work together under the motto “The Balkans - a safe destination for tourism”.

“I am in Belgrade because I see potential in the relations between the two countries in the field of tourism. Before the pandemic, 500 thousand Serbs visited our country annually, the same number of Bulgarian tourists in Serbia. Your citizens know our ski resorts very well. We hope that through our participation in the ITB Belgrade exhibition and through joint initiatives Bulgaria will be rediscovered by more Serbian tourists for summer holidays and sea tourism,” Minister Prodanov said.

He informed his colleague that the Ministry of Tourism is planning to organize an information event on the Southern Black Sea coast in May for Serbian journalists and travel bloggers and vloggers to get acquainted with the conditions for tourism in Bulgaria, and invited Minister Matić to attent.

During the meeting, the parties agreed to maintain more intensive contacts at working level, as Bulgaria and Serbia will initiate the creation and promotion of joint tourism products and routes to attract tourists from distant countries such as China, Australia, etc.

Tatjana Matić proposed that the two countries work together for the development of tourism in the Balkan Mountains, which is an important geographical link between Bulgaria and Serbia. According to Minister Prodanov, this can be done through the cross-border cooperation programmes because our countries share not only the mountain but also the Danube.