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  • Date: 10 May 2005 Author: Rich Fromer/ Sofiaecho 09.05.05

    History of Bulgarian Tourism The dramatic growth of tourism in the second half of the 20th Century is one of the most remarkable economic and social phenomena of our time. International tourist arrivals grew from a mere 25 million in 1950 to... more

  • Date: 25 April 2005 Author: Dnevnik Daily, Miroslav Ivanov, 25.04.2005

    All of the owners and concessionaires of ski pistes have to transform them according to the regulations of the new legislation for categorization in a period of six months. The legal act is already in Darjaven vestnik. This is the period in... more

  • Date: 08 April 2005 Author: Capital weekly, Boryana Gencheva, 2-8 April *with excerpts

    The project for the construction of ski zone in the mountain above Bansko two years ago started as a necessity for the town. There were many hotels and restaurants and the lack of enough pistes and lifts was bad for their business. Now Bansko... more

  • Date: 08 April 2005 Author: Capital Weekly, Boryana Bachvarova, 2-8 April 2005

    Bulgaria is now “cheap ski vacation in the Far east of new Europe” for the European tourists. The winter tourism that has just 15% of the revenue of the country in this section is now preparing to increase. After the success of Bansko, which had... more

  • Date: 18 February 2005 Author: Sofia news agency, 18 February 2005

    The foreign visitors to Bulgarian mountain resort of Pamporovo are to pay as much for the services as the Bulgarians do, starting from the next season. This was announced by Panteley Memtsov, secretary of "Pamporovo XXI century"... more

  • Date: 08 June 2004 Author: “Standard Daily”, 8 June 2004, by Vladimir Simeonov

    Interview with the mayor of Bansko Mr. Alexandar Kravarov 250,000 skiers and tourists visited the town of Bansko during the winter season, says Mr. Kravarov, the mayor of the town. He was one of the first to support the construction... more

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  • Date: 18 February 2004 Author: Article by novinite.com, 18 February 2004

    Bulgaria is among the seven most favourite skiing destinations visited every year by British tourists, a research by SkiClub of Great Britain reveals. About one million British go overseas to ski every year, mainly in the French Alpes, where... more

  • Date: 15 February 2004 Author: novinite.com/Politics: 15 February 2004, Sunday

    New 80 km of ski tracks will gird on Bulgaria's highest Rila Mountain. The project provides for building a whole tourism complex Samokov-Borovetz-Beli Iskar expanding to the northern mountain slopes covered with new ski-track facilities. A... more

  • Date: 15 February 2004 Author: (Article by www.standartnews.com, 16.02.2004)

    The Bulgarian tracks will be registered as red, blue and green soon, envisage amendments to the Tourism Act, passed in second reading in the Parliamentary Tourism Committee. The tracks' categories will be effective in 6-month period after the... more