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Bulgaria's tourism tax ruled unconstitutional

The Sofia Echo staff — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:02:00 +0300

The tax, levied on hotel owners, is calculated based on occupancy rate in the hotel, but assumes that at least 30 per cent of a hotel's rooms are booked at all times.

Bulgaria expects more than 100 000 foreign tourists at Orthodox Christian Easter

The Sofia Echo staff — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 10:13:00 +0300

Most will be from Romania, followed by Greeks, then Serbians, Macedonians and Montenegrins.

Bulgaria’s Pamporovo resort offering free skiing ahead of Easter

The Sofia Echo staff — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:25:00 +0300

Despite the warmer weather, this past winter’s record snowfall will enable the resort to offer skiing until mid-April.

UK airlines slam planned hike in passenger duty

The Sofia Echo staff — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:24:00 +0200

'How much longer must this madness go on?' ask UK airlines worried that planned increase will kill jobs and quash tourism-led recovery.

Cautionary tales as tour groups caught in the middle of money rows

The Sofia Echo staff — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:43:00 +0200

Foreign and Bulgarian tourists victim of debt row at a Pamporovo hotel, Foreign Ministry intervenes after another tour group delayed in Morocco, and Bulgarian arrested in Serbia for forging receipts for payment for tour group.

Bulgaria to spend 4.2M leva on tourism fairs in 2012

Dnevnik.bg — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:57:00 +0200

The country will withdraw from participation in some international tourist expos but will join others to promote itself as a tourist destination.

Ski runs on Vitosha Mountain to shut down

The Sofia Echo staff — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:52:00 +0200

Management company says current legislation makes it impossible to run the ski lifts legally.

Varna ranks second by overnight stays in Q3 2011

Dnevnik.bg — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:39:00 +0200

The municipality accounted for 26.8 per cent of the total number of overnights in the quarter and generated 30.5 per cent of the country's revenue from accommodation services.

Bulgarians' trips abroad rise 20.9% Y/Y in Q3 2011

Dnevnik.bg — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:09:00 +0200

In July-September, a total of 1.522 million Bulgarians travelled abroad or in the country.

Bulgarian tourism marches confidently out of the crisis

Dnevnik.bg — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:28:00 +0300

Tourist numbers rise by five per cent in first eight months of 2011.

Eastern Europe emerging economies among those to benefit from future tourist upswing – WTO

The Sofia Echo staff — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:14:00 +0300

The number of tourists travelling outside their countries is projected to reach 1.8 billion within 20 years, with emerging economies responsible for the highest growth rates, according to a new report by the World Tourism Organisation

EU residents took a billion holiday trips in 2010, Eurostat says

The Sofia Echo staff — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:26:00 +0300

Of these, about three-quarters were within the country where they were resident.

Gyõr the romantic town

Judith Láng — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:00:00 +0300

One of the most beautiful Baroque cities of Europe.

Plans in place to repatriate stranded clients of Alma Tour

The Sofia Echo staff — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:11:00 +0300

A total of 264 Russian tourists were stranded in Bulgaria, according to figures from Russia's federal tourism agency – 157 in Bourgas and 107 in Varna.

No-fly zone

Clive Leviev-Sawyer — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:04:00 +0300

Opposition, Russian media slam Bulgaria’s Government over Alma Tour saga.

Alma matter

Clive Leviev-Sawyer — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:03:00 +0300

How a tour company found itself grounded after turbulence over debt.

Fun and profit

Clive Leviev-Sawyer — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 09:04:00 +0300

Bulgarian Black Sea resort managers report improved earnings as summer 2011 approaches its end.

Bulgaria’s tourist numbers, revenue up in 2011 – National Tourism Board

The Sofia Echo staff — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:45:00 +0300

Revenue from foreign tourists is expected to be 4.5 per cent higher in 2011 than in 2010, reaching about 2.7 billion euro.

Bulgarians curtail trips in Q2 2011

Dnevnik.bg — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:03:00 +0300

A total of 1.01 million Bulgarians travelled to domestic and foreign destinations between April and June, down 7.4 per cent year-on-year, according to preliminary figures.

Sobering up

Clive Leviev-Sawyer — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:04:00 +0300

Sunny Beach hotel owners want to boycott tour operators who organise ‘alcohol tourism’ trips to Bulgaria.