More than 100 foreign delegates arrive in Bulgaria to participate in the Congress on World Civilizations and Creative Tourism

26 November 2016

More than 100 foreign delegates arrive in Bulgaria to participate in the Congress on World Civilizations and Creative Tourism organized by the Ministry of Tourism in a joint initiative with the World Tourism Organization in Sofia. Among them are twelve ministers and deputy ministers of tourism and culture from around the world, a number of managers of tourist administrations, the Secretary General of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Michael Christides and the princess of Jordan H.M. Dana Firas.

The event will consider and discuss the essential role of Creative tourism in the preservation and protection of the tangible and intangible cultural heritage and its role as a source of generation of socio-economic indicators. One of the objectives of the international conference is to open discussions on the possibilities to resurrect the world civilizations through cooperation between the various industries such as architecture, design, art, technologies and science and to increase the interest in them. According to data of the World Tourism Organization, 1.2 billion tourist travelled round the world last year and 40% of them were mainly interested in cultural tourism.

The event is given a priority in the calendar of the World Tourism Organization for this year and our country was awarded the privilege to host and organize the event. It will be held in the period 29 November - 1 December 2016 in Sofia Tech Park, ‘John Atanasoff’ Hall. The official opening will be on Tuesday (29 November) at 10:00 h followed by a high-level meeting after the ceremony, which will be moderated by the world famous CNN journalist Max Foster.

The registration of the candidates to attend the congress is on the way, so anyone can fill in the internet form in the official website of the Ministry of Tourism - here.

A separate accreditation is required for the media, so the journalists willing to cover the event should send an e-mail to press@tourism.government.bg providing: full name, the name of the medium, e-mail and a telephone. Each journalist will be issued a badge with his/her name, which will serve as a pass to enter the building in the two days of the Congress. The badges may be obtained at the time of registration for the event.

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