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News April, 2012

2012/04/25

Bulgaria enters in top 50 tours of National Geographic Traveler

National Geographic Traveler includes a Bulgarian tour in its top 50 tours of a lifetime for 2012.

The selection process was competitive and our editorial team worked long and hard to find 2012’s most authentic, most innovative, most immersive, best-guided, and most sustainable tours, the magazine stated.

The tour is entitled "Cultural Splendors of Bulgaria: Art, Wine and Traditions." It offers 12 days in the cultural heritage of Bulgaria - from the period of Thracians and the legends for...

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2012/04/05

Rhodopes in Top 10 of European National Geographic Traveler destinations

The Rhodope mountain range features on the Top 10 of the 2011 National Geographic Traveler chart Best Tours in Europe. In the chart the mountain known as the birthplace of mythical singer Orpheus, has been singled out as one of the most luring adventure targets along with the Alps and the Caucasus.

“Carved by deep river gorges and riddled with vast networks of caves, southern Bulgaria’s Rhodopes mountain...

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2012/04/02

A new destination advertises the culture sites along the Danube river

Following the traces of Amazons, legendary heroes and Gods

A new tourism destination for culture tourism Istar-Pontica (Danube – the Black sea) will popularize culture sites along the Danube river.
The region offers a unique combination of culture layers with interesting and attractive sites. This is a mystical combination of the eternal river in the enigmatic sea, keeping the legends of the Noa's ark, for the fairy amazons, mermaids and wood-nymphs, legendary heroes and Gods.

The...

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2012/04/02

Hunting Tourism Brought to Bulgaria almost 1,5 Million Euro

Hunting tourism brought to Bulgaria nearly three million leva (1,5 million euro) in 2011.

It presents 30 percent increase compared to the figure from 2010. The data was announced by the Executive Forest Agency.

Over 4000 foreign hunters visited Bulgaria last year. Red deers are among the most expensive trophies, the price for one reaches over 50 000 euro. 13 of the fired deers took golden medals and 18 silver medals.

Mouflons are also among the most preferred...

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2012/04/02

Bulgaria received award on tourism fair in Ukraine

Bulgaria received a special award for long-standing participation in the biggest Ukrainian tourism exhibition UITT 2012.

The tourism fair took place from March 28 till March 30.

Bulgaria was presented at over 30 tourism companies and the Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism. During the MICE Ukraine 2012 meeting Bulgaria demonstrated its big opportunities for business and congress tourism development.

Over 700 exhibitors from 50 countries participated in UITT 2012.