Despite the gloomy forecasts, high electricity prices and the war in Ukraine, the winter tourist season in Bulgaria is successful, data of the Unified Tourist Information System of Bulgaria’s Ministry of Tourism indicate.
The number of hotel accommodations in December and January saw a two-fold increase to 556,667. However, hotel occupancy was 67% of the occupancy registered during the tourist season before the Covid-19 pandemic.
British and Israeli tourists have returned to Bulgaria. The Bulgarian tourist market remains the most significant for hoteliers, followed by the market in Greece, Romania, Turkey, Britain, Italy, Germany, Russia and North Macedonia. Because of the thick snow cover, the ski runs will be open until April 10 or April 17.
The record high temperatures sweeping across Bulgaria seem to bode well for Bulgaria tourism, with weekend bookings – in Bulgaria’s mountains or villages – “activated” as early as the beginning of April. The warm weather brought the first impatient..
From the beginning of December to April 15, the Pirin resort of Bansko was visited by over 190,000 tourists from the country, from neighbouring Balkan countries, from Europe and the USA . The number of overnight stays during the season was over..
The first thing anyone notices upon arrival in Garvan village are the beautiful and well maintained Dobrudzha-style houses. The village lies at the heart of Dobrudzha, the “granary of Bulgaria”, not far from the town of Silistra, and has a population..
Every Saturday and Sunday in July, a retro train with vintage carriages will run on the narrow-gauge railway line from Septemvri station to Velingrad and..
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