TOURISM AND TOURISM INDUSTRY
Minister Angelakova: We are reporting the strongest half-year for Bulgarian tourism
We are reporting the strongest half-year for Bulgarian tourism for the past 10 years with regard to the number of foreign tourists who visited the country. For the period January-June 2016 Bulgaria welcomed more than 3.1 M foreign tourists. The growth in comparison to the same period over the last decade varies from 18% (in 2014) to more than 60% (in 2007). This was announced by the Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelakova in an interview for “Hello, Bulgaria” on Nova TV.
According to the Minister, in June a growth of 28% was reported and serious increases in a number of tourist generating markets. Among them are Romania (44%), Germany (62%), Russia (18%), Ukraine (22%), the United Kingdom (18%), Poland (177%), the Czech Republic (92%), Israel (41%), France (38%), Hungary (49%), Austria (76%), etc.
More information is available on the Ministry of Tourism’s website.
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FINANCE
Bulgaria’s Gross Foreign Debt Dips 1.3% Y/Y in May 2016
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Conference on the “Liberalization of Trade and Services in the Danube, Western Balkan, and CEFTA Regions”, 28 September 2016, Sofia
BUSINESS CLIMATE
Georgia – foreign trade and commercial relations with Bulgaria in the first half of 2016
Bulgaria and Greece agreed on developing a high-speed railway between the ports in Alexandroupolis and Burgas
BCCI received a letter from the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) regarding the attempted coup in Turkey
TOURISM AND TOURISM INDUSTRY
Minister Angelakova: We are reporting the strongest half-year for Bulgarian tourism
UPCOMING EVENTS
TEG announces the 4th Central Eastern European Logistics & SCM Excellence Award in 2016
