Rental news
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Bulgaria to Welcome Over 1 Million Romanian Tourists in 2012
Over 1 million Romanian tourists will visit Bulgaria in 2012, Bulgaria's Deputy Economy Minister in charge of tourism, Ivo Marinov, predicted. Marinov spoke at a tourism forum in Romania's capital Bucharest on Friday during the 8th World Meeting of Bulgarian Media, as cited by Cross. He noted that a total of 960 365 Romanians visited Bulgaria in 2011, an increase of 4.6% compared with 2010. He further predicted a 6% increase in the number of Romanian visitors in Bulgaria in 2012, year-on-year. Marinov pointed out that the Bulgarian government is starting an advertising campaign to promote Bulgaria as a tourist destination in Romania with funding from EU Operational Program "Regional Development". During the Bucharest tourism forum, Bulgaria was presented with some of its main spa and balneo tourism centers, Sofia, Veliko Tarnovo, and the Black Sea city of Balchik...
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Czechs to Be 1st Passengers at Bulgaria's New Black Sea Airport in Balchik
Bulgaria's brand-new Black Sea airport in the northeastern town of Balchik is set to welcome its first passengers after being transformed from a military into civilian airport, its director announced. On May 3, Thursday, Balchik Airport will receive a 9-seat passenger jet from the Prague Airport Ruzyne in the Czech Republic, according to Krasimir Kostov, chief of the newest Bulgarian airport. As of September 21, 2011, the airport in Balchik was transferred in order to become the third international airport on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast after Varna Airport and Burgas Airport. For the time being, however, the new Bulgarian Black Sea airport can receive only small passenger jets and is not equipped to service larger planes. In June, the new airport is set to host an international aviation festival as a promotion initiative.
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More Macedonian Tourists in Bulgaria
Bulgaria will try to attract a greater number of Macedonian tourists, as the country is to present itself at the Skopje Travel Market 2012 that is launched on Tuesday. New products, lesser known tourist routes and detailed information on Bulgaria's Spa and wellness centers will be presented at the Macedonian tourism fair, the Bulgarian Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism has announced. Companies from Sofia, Plovdiv, Veliko Tarnovo and the Black Sea summer resorts will be featured at the Bulgarian pavilion. In 2011, a total of 382 826 Macedonian tourists visited Bulgaria, which is a 23.5% increase year on year.
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Bulgarian Resorts to Welcome Mostly Romanians during Easter Holidays.
Bulgarian resorts will welcome guests mostly from Romania and Serbia during the forthcoming Easter holidays, according to statistics of hotel owners. Romanians will be the largest group of foreign tourists, with groups from Serbia and Macedonia also expected to arrive at the southern Black Sea resort. Hotel owners at the northern Black Sea resort of Golden Sands have reported an increase in bookings by Bulgarians over the last few days, adding that the upward trend is due to the lower prices and the higher quality of local resorts as compared to Romanian ones. The first groups of foreign tourists are due to arrive in Golden Sands on Thursday and there are bookings for short holidays in the first week of May. Hotel owners estimate that the number of foreign visitors during this year's Easter holidays will stay about the same as last year's...
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BULGARIA AMONG 2012 BEST VALUE BREAKS - UK RANKING
Bulgaria has been ranked as the fourth best value break of 2012 in UK Post Office holiday barometer. A cup of coffee costs as little as 96p and a three-course evening meal for two adults (including a bottle of house wine) in local restaurant averaged at GBP 24.04. The annual Post Office Worldwide Holiday Costs Barometer monitors the price of eight popular tourist items in 40 holiday destinations worldwide – including dinner for two, light refreshments and sun cream. Sri Lanka and Spain came out on top as the cheapest overseas holidays. Spain has overtaken Portugal to become Europe's cheapest holiday destination, narrowly beating the Czech Republic and Bulgaria and over a third cheaper than Turkey. Thailand is the cheapest Far Eastern destination – although just GBP 5 divides Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia.