The measure for subsidizing charter flights in order to save the summer tourist season in Bulgaria is late, tour operators from Burgas claim. They call for more flexibility in supporting tourism, for subsidizing bus transport and for starting the..
The EU should adopt common rules on containing the coronavirus infection. However, we should not allow yet another closure of borders within the Union again. We already lived through this. As a result, thousands of people were stranded and supplies..
The Covid-19 pandemic has proved devastating for many sectors of Bulgaria’s economy, including summer tourism. We are so used to saying that the months of July and August are “high season”, but no longer. Owing to the corona crisis we are now..
The largest tour operator in Bulgaria, Balkan Holidays, which every year takes thousands of British tourists to Bulgaria's Black Sea and winter resorts, has decided to cancel the remainder of all its Bulgaria charter flights in the summer of 2020...
Bulgaria is expecting to receive instructions from the European Commission, at the beginning of the week, on the travel of people from non-EU countries, said Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova. In her words this concerns tourist markets..
Around 85% of foreign tourists arrive in Bulgaria by charter flight. Because of the coronavirus, however, 98% of the charter flights in June have been cancelled. What will happen to the flights to the Bulgarian Black Sea coast scheduled for..
The tourism industry expects 16,000 charter flights with foreigners to land in Bulgaria by the end of the season, said Rumen Draganov of the Institute for Analysis and Assessment in Tourism. With 75% employment, we expect about 2.5 million foreigners..
Bulgaria's Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova stated at a press conference that this summer the control over the tourist sector would be uncompromising. As of next week, all major tour operators and air carriers operating on the Bulgarian market..
Charter flights to Bulgaria from countries with a similar epidemic situation will start on June 15, said Bulgaria's Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova. If the situation changes, the date may be changed. Among the countries with a similar epidemic..
“The summer tourism strategy is counting on Bulgarians and on tourists from neighbouring countries,” said Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova for the BNR. “This is understandable because it is easier for them to come by car. In 2019..
