The official NSI data for September are awaited but predictions are that for the active summer season alone the number of international tourists will exceed 6 million.
The main challenges facing the tourism sector, both in Europe and in Bulgaria, are maintaining security and stability, economic competitiveness, development of IT technologies, and increasing the demand for new products.
During the past summer season we received some 400 signals about our sea beaches on our dedicated hotline and email we had set up, and we carried out over 200 on-the-spot inspections.
According to Eurostat data, during the first 6 months of 2016, the total number of night-stays in our country (by both foreigners and Bulgarians) was over 8 mil., with the growth vis-à-vis 2015 exceeding 18%.
The Minister of Tourism, Nikolina Angelkova, presented to the Saudi Arabia Prince, Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the opportunities to invest in Bulgarian tourism.
Representatives of twelve diplomatic missions in Bulgaria, who were accompanied by the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Irena Georgieva, viewed landmarks in the Strandzha mountain, the Sredets municipality area.
Bulgaria took part in the international EXPOTRAVEL exposition in Ekaterinburg as partner country. The exchange is the biggest dedicated autumn forum for tourism in the Ural Federal District and was held for the 18th time.
The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding opens for both countries new development opportunities for the tourism sector, exchange of experience in the sector, and promotion of investments.
The first meeting of the Belarussian-Bulgarian task group for tourism cooperation, which is set up to the bilateral Intergovernmental Commission for Commercial-Economic and Scientific-Technical Cooperation, was held in Minsk.
Events like the Green Days festival help Bulgaria assert itself as a sustainable tourism destination by promoting all types of alternative tourism, which one can practice in our country.
During the first 8 months of 2016 (January to August), Bulgaria was visited by over 6 mil. international tourists, which marks a 15,7% growth compared to last year’s same period.
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