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Sofia hosts regional meeting of European mayors

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The first meeting of mayors from the countries of central and eastern Europe and the China government, initiative 16+1 is currently taking place in Sofia under the motto “Sofia – intersection of new opportunities. 
According to World Tourism Barometer data, more than 144 million foreign tourists travelled to the countries of the initiative last year. Bulgarian Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova announced that at the end of the year Sofia would host the first international congress on world civilizations and creative tourism, organized by the World Tourism Organization. 



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