Minister Prodanov: We attach great importance to the development of the bilateral relations between Bulgaria and Spain in tourism

Bulgaria and Spain have always enjoyed excellent partnerships in a number of key areas of mutual interest, including tourism. We attach great importance to the development of our bilateral relations and I will be happy for the future cooperation between Bulgaria and Spain to be mutually beneficial, to work for the realization of specific goals and ideas. This was stated by the Minister of Tourism Hristo Prodanov to H.E. Alejandro Polanco, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Spain to Bulgaria.

The Minister shared that the ambition of the Ministry of Tourism is to restore the tourist flow between the two countries from the levels before the Covid-19 pandemic. “The Ministry of Tourism is actively working for the smooth running of the winter tourist season and is preparing for the summer in 2022, so that we can welcome our tourist guests and business partners from Spain”, said Minister Prodanov.

H.E. Alejandro Polanco said that the Spanish side is preparing to launch another airline of the air carrier “Iberia” with direct flights Madrid - Sofia, which will increase the opportunities for tourist connections and travel. He emphasized that he would be happy to cooperate with the Bulgarian Ministry for the development of specialized forms of tourism, for which Bulgaria has great opportunities - golf tourism on the Black Sea coast and Mallorca and Málaga on the Spanish side.  He also sees potential for hunting tourism, which falls within the scope of the high price sector.

Minister Prodanov and the Ambassador also discussed the issue of organizing and conducting journalistic tours in both countries, cooperation in training personnel for tourism and working meetings of tour operators from both countries.