Tag: Bulgaria

An unruly Indian passenger who was on board an Air France flight to New Delhi from Ghana via Paris forced the aircraft to make an emergency landing Sofia, Bulgaria’s capital, according to media reports. As per the Bulgarian News Agency BTA, the Indian national, whose identity was not disclosed to the public , has been detained for 72 hours, quoted Sofia City Prosecutor Iliana Kirilova Kirilova said “After the troublemaker’s detention, the flight proceeded to its destination.” The Indian passenger has been charged with endangering the safety of an airborne aircraft, said Ivailo Angelov of the National Investigation Service. If ... Read more

Bulgaria’s revenue from foreign tourist arrivals saw a rise by an annual 9.7 per cent to 1.3 billion euro ($1.5 billion) in the first six months of 2018, the tourism ministry said on Friday, quoting data from the central bank. In June alone, Bulgaria’s revenue from foreign tourist arrivals increased by 8.1 per cent year-on-year to 490 million euro, the tourism ministry said in a statement. Some 3.6 million foreign tourists visited Bulgaria in the first half of 2018, up 8.9 per cent compared to the same period of last year.

The Roman Amphitheatre in Plovdiv Bulgaria has two major tourist destinations, which add to the tourism potential of the country – Plovdiv and Varna. Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s second-largest city, has got the European Capitals of Culture award for the year 2019, sharing with Matera, Italy whereas Varna is the maritime capital of Bulgaria. Plodiv is one among the oldest continually inhabited cities in Europe, established around the 6th century BC and a tourist destination, which is in its growth path. Currently it is a modern and vibrant city, which serves as the administrative, academic, economic, commercial and transportation centre of the south-central ... Read more

Tourism industries thrive on people’s love for travel. Countries like China are earning quite huge revenue from tourism. Reportedly, Bulgaria has found more love for travelling as the statistics substantiate this. Around 1 million Bulgarians travelled for tourism in the first quarter of the year, recording an 8.2 per cent increase in the number of travellers. 84.2 per cent of the people travelled inside Bulgaria. When 13.2 per cent people flew abroad, 2.6 per cent Bulgarians had trips inside and outside the country. Among this, the people of age group 25-44 were the ones who travelled the most. The people ... Read more

Bulgaria, as part of providing a flawless tourism service to the neighbouring countries like Russia, has issued a fast processing of tourist visas within 48 hours. The new policy has been exclusively put forward by Nikolina Angelkova, Bulgarian Tourism Minister in a television interview. “Turkey is our main rival as its tourist industry has government support and it can make particularly good tourist offers as. We cannot do that but we have been making efforts to keep Russian tourists coming because Bulgaria remains one of the popular destinations among Russian tourists,” said Nikolina Angelkova. Meanwhile, the Bulgarian Tourism Ministry added additional ... Read more

The fifth edition of the much awaited, annual two-week-long bus trip, the Kerala Blog Express, organised by state Tourism Department has been flagged off from Mascot Hotel by Minister for Tourism Kadakampally Surendran. “The two-week journey by ‘Kerala Blog Express’ would cover all the important destinations in Kerala and would conclude the trip in Kochi on 1st April. The event is aimed to promote Kerala Tourism on a global perspective, through the views of bloggers,” said Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran. Around 30 bloggers from 28 countries – US, Britain, Canada, Germany, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria, Romania, Venezuela and Peru, will be ... Read more

A total of 8.88 million foreign tourists visited Bulgaria last year, reporting a 7.6 per cent growth compared to 2016. Around 1.16 million tourists came from neighboring Greece, a figure that was up 8.5 per cent year-on-year, the Bulgarian tourism ministry said on its website. With 1.14 million tourists, Romania came second, with an increase of nearly four per cent, the ministry said. Germany, Turkey and Russia came third, fourth and fifth respectively, the ministry said, adding that among these countries the most significant increase was the growth of Turkish visitors, at 12.5 per cent. More than 61 per cent of ... Read more