Facebook

Bulgaria
Home > News

Travel and tourism news from Bulgaria

VisitBulgaria.NET media and information centre provides details on all the recent findings and trends in Travel & Tourism in Bulgaria which are frequently the subject of questions asked by tourists.

News Full listing

2011/03/08

The Cabinet Grants 10M to Bulgaria's Wonders

10M leva grant for the promotion of Bulgaria's ten most important wonders will be awarded at a special ceremony in the National Museum of History tomorrow. Few minutes before the awarding PM Boyko Borissov will sign the checks with the exact amount for the restoration and preservation of each of the cultural and historical sites. The awarding ceremony is the conclusion event of the Bulgaria's Wonders campaign organized by The Standart. In a hard-fought two-stage national contest Bulgarians voted...

[ more... ]

2011/03/07

Amer Sports Expands Bulgarian Ski Plant

The Finnish company Amer Sports, will receive a "Class A" investor status from the Bulgarian government for its project to expand the ski factory in Bulgarian mountain resort Chepelare.

The Bulgarian Ministry of Economy, Energy, and Tourism announced that Amer Sports plans to invest BGN 7.8 M in the expansion of the "Pamporovo Ski" factory, which it bought in 2008 for EUR 5 M (BGN 10 M).

The Finnish company Amer Sports has a market share of about 30% on the global ski market.

In 2009,...

[ more... ]

2011/03/02

Chepelareada 2011 – the different ski competition

Chepelare ski resort nearby Pamporovo presents a completely different snow competition at the foot of the Rhodope mountain in Bulgaria. Everyone is invited to participate and compete. The ski centre promises lots of surprises and guarantees lots of smiles and good mood, not to mention the chance to make a lifetime friendship with everyone attending.

The start is located 1873 m above the sea level and the final goes down to 1155 m. the ski slope is around5 km long with a total inclination of...

[ more... ]

2011/03/01

Magura Cave's prehistoric drawings apply for UNESCO

The Cave drawings preserved from the prehistoric period in the Magura Cave will apply for the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Belogradchik Municipality has already started the applying procedure.

The cave drawings depict cult and hunting scenes, dancing women and men’s figures and the annual sun calendar. The pictures are 12 000 years old. These are cultural human evidences from the prehistoric period until the Bronze Age.

There are 34 caves of different types in the region of Belogradchik....

[ more... ]

2011/03/01

Madara Horseman to Attract More Tourists

In 2009, Madara Horseman was chosen as Bulgaria’s emblem. As a site of world significance it has been put under UNESCO aegis. Annually it is visited by 50000 people while its capacity is for over 500000.

Shumen Municipality, on the territory of which the Horseman is situated, has started procedures via Bulgaria’s Ministry of Culture to obtain rights for management and maintenance. The opportunities for attracting financing from the EU funds are huge, the project we have been working on is...

[ more... ]

2011/03/01

Bulgaria – year round holiday destination

We are working for the transformation of the Bulgarian image as a year round holiday destination.

This was announced by the minster of economy, energetics and tourism Ivo Marinov, at the opening of a discussion devoted to the development of spa and wellness tourism in Bulgaria.

Bulgaria holds the second place in the world regarding mineral water resources, after Iceland. The country has the privileged to offer a unique combination of historical sites and mineral water resources.

The...

[ more... ]

2011/02/28

Most Bulgarians support the constraction of new ski resorts in Bulgaria

Two thirds of the Bulgarian citizens support the development of ski equipment and ski resorts in Bulgaria,shows a research of Gallup international, Bulgaria.

Most of the Bulgarians agree that the ski resorts are profitable for the economy.

Generally the young and working Bulgarians support the expansion of the ski tourism in Bulgaria.

Most of the active skiers in Bulgaria assess the ski lifts and equipment in Bulgaria as good and very good.

[ more... ]

2011/02/25

Thracian Sanctuary in Tatul Served as Observatory

About 14 km to the northeast of Momchilgrad there is a village by the name of Tatul. The steep mountains around make no hint at the existence of one of the most remarkable Thracian sanctuaries in Bulgaria.
The Thracian system of rituals and beliefs revolved around the solar cult. For sure, the sanctuary in Tatul was used as an observatory of a kind for studying the movement of the Sun on certain days of the year.
The sanctuary is dated back to the 12th century BC. The complex consists of an...

[ more... ]

2011/02/24

Kyustendil presents green tourism

Kyustendil attracts tourists with numerous offers for “green tourism” in the municipality. This was announced by the head of “Tourism” department of the municipal – Nelly Velinova.

Osogovo mountain is one of the cleanest and venerable mountains in Europe and offer incredible conditions for green tourism.
The municipality also plans to popularize the local festivals of fertility and cherries.

[ more... ]

2011/02/23

The Saudi Arabian business wants direct flights to Bulgaria

The intention of opening of direct flights between The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Bulgaria was one of the accents in the speech of the General Secretary of the Council of the Saudi Arabian Business during his meeting with the Bulgarian Minister of the Economy, Energetics and Tourism Traicho Traikov.

The Bulgarian minister Traicho Traikov represents the official government delegation and the business delegation of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Saudi Arabia. Traicho Traikov...

[ more... ]

Pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195

Step 1 : Choose Year
2015  2014  2013  2012  2011  2010  2009  2008  2007  0 
Full listing
News

2015/11/24

A Southeastern European conference called Go2Balkans begins in Sofia on November, 25 bringing more...

2015/11/12

The medieval capital of Bulgaria - Veliko Tarnovo is the third most affordable tourist destination more...

2015/07/27

Bulgaria was granted the approval of the World Tourism Organisation to create a World Tourism Museum more...

Advertisements
Properties in Sofia by Suprimmo.net

Properties in Sofia by Suprimmo.net