The leading ski resort Bansko will host for the third time the FIS Snowboard World Cup and FIS Snowboard Alpine Junior World Championships, which returns to the country with races in the parallel disciplines on 21 and 22 January 2023. For the third time, the best snowboarders will compete under Todorka Peak, five seasons after Radoslav Yankov’s unforgettable victory in the Snowboard World Cup in front of a home crowd at Bansko Ski Centre in 2017 and four years after the last Snowboard World Cup organized by the Bulgarian Ski Federation. In the 2022/2023 season Bulgaria and Bansko will again host - not only the FIS Snowboard World Cup, but also the FIS Snowboard Alpine Junior World Championships (parallel disciplines).
Given the significance of the upcoming sporting event, its importance and the opportunities it offers to promote our country not only as a sporting but also as a tourist destination, referring also to the extensive media coverage of this type of world competitions; the Ministry of Tourism will participate in the Snowboard World Cup with a number of promotional activities.
Expectations are that the grandstand of the final, located on the Banderishka meadow, against the backdrop of the picturesque scenery of Pirin, will be filled to the brim because of the participation of the star Radoslav Yankov and the young talents in snowboarding, headed by the bronze winner in the parallel slalom at the World Junior Championships in Valmalenko, Italy - Tervel Zamfirov.
Among the promotional activities planned by the Ministry of Tourism are combined top advertising positions on the starting gate and finishing gate constructions, award and interview areas, which will enable the presence of destination Bulgaria on both race days.