Nikolina Angelkova

Bulgarian Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova has opened a three-day tourist fair in the French capital Paris. The official slogan of the event is ''Bulgaria - Culture and Traditions''.

The forecast dramatic 60-70% decrease in the number of Russian and Ukrainian tourists is proving to be a false alarm, with bookings indicating a 10-20% decline, according to Bulgaria's Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova.

In a Thursday interview for Nova TV, Angelkova underscored that bookings by German, Israeli, and Austrian tourists were encouraging.

Improved weather conditions compared to last year and low euro will contribute to a better tourism season despite the expected drop in numbers of Russian and Ukrainian tourists, the head of a tourism think-tank says.

The star of Bollywood cinema Ajay Devgan will participate in a promotional video on Bulgaria advertising the country as a tourist destination, which will be broadcasted in India.

This was announced by Bulgarian Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova in the city of Varna on Friday after a meeting with local authorities and representatives of the tourism sector.

The Bulgarian Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova announced that the country was granted the approval of the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) to create a World Tourism Museum in Sofia.

Bulgaria's Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova will open a meeting of the Danubian countries devoted to sustainable tourism through cooperation and efficient use of EU funds and investments.

Minister Nikolina Angelkova said on Friday that a 5 % increase in the number of French tourists to Bulgaria was expected in the summer after the exhibition of Thracian treasures in the Louvre.

Angelkova stated this during the regular parliamentary control and added that an increase was also expected in the number of tourists from Poland, Turkey, Greece, Serbia, Macedonia and Austria.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and nine ministers will respond to questions of MPs at the regular parliamentary control on Friday.

Borisov will respond to two questions, the first one being on the promise of the government, stated in the programme declaration and the governance programme, for holding key social reforms.

AGERPRES correspondent Carmen Marinescu reports: Bulgarian Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova estimates that a memorandum initialled with the Romanian Government might increase the number of Asian tourists, especially Chinese, to this part of the world.

Online register of the tourist attractions in Bulgaria will be soon available at the website of Tourist Ministry.

This was announced by Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova, who was on a visit to Ruse on Thursday, Darik radio reports.

The information gathered from all municipalities, showed that there were more than 20 000 tourist attractions on the territory of Bulgaria.