(ANSA) - SOFIA - The popularity of Bulgaria as a destination
is constantly increasing and every year it is visited by more
and more foreign tourists. This was announced by Minister of
Tourism Nikolina Angelkova, as reported by Novinite.com.
In 2017, she said, foreign tourist visits exceeded 8,882
million and increased by 7,6% compared to a year earlier. An
even higher growth of 9.3 per cent is recorded in the revenues
from international tourism.
In 2017 total revenues from the sector amounted to BGN 6.895
billion (nearly EURO 3.5 billion). In the last 2 years the
average annual growth of tourist visits in the country is 12%,
while data for the same period for the European Union is about
7%, Angelkova added, underling that two projects are currently
underway.
''We expect to attract more visitors to the country and to
increase visits in the active summer and winter season,'' she
said. The Ministry of Tourism develops spa destinations, with
the concept project covering 7 directions around the whole
country.
The Bulgarian Ministry of Tourism in partnership with the
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry creates 12
wine-culinary destinations, the minister also informed. She
explained that they include both traditional wine and typical
cuisine for the region, as well as about 50 municipalities and
about 100 tourist sites. (ANSA).
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