TOURISM IN BULGARIA

Minister of Tourism: Bulgaria is expecting 9 million foreign tourists this year

We expect 2018 to be the most successful in the history of statistics in Bulgarian tourism with over 9 million tourist visits by foreigners. We also report BGN 7.2 billion of international tourism revenue for the eleven months of last year - more than for the whole of 2017. The data will be reported at the end of this month. This means that the sector is developing very steadily and with each new year it builds on what has been achieved. This was announced by the Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova in the morning block of bTV.

2 million tourists are expected to participate just in the initiative of Plovdiv - European Capital of Culture 2019. This will give us another opportunity to show the diversity of our country to the world and the potential of Bulgarian tourism. The winter season also started very well with about 5% growth of visits, Minister Angelkova said. Most guests are from Greece, Romania, the UK, neighboring countries, even from our competitors Germany, Austria and others.

She emphasized that this year's focus will be on investment in the sector and on domestic tourism. Investment tours will be organized to familiarize the business with the opportunities of Bulgaria as a year-round destination.

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