Quality of life

In the financial capital of China - Shanghai, the first Bulgarian tourist info center was opened to promote the opportunities for vacation in Bulgaria, the Ministry of Tourism announced on Friday.

The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) has submitted a film showcasing the country's natural, historical and cultural assets in the second international video competition being run by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).

Guest Inn, which organizes bookings and provides promotion for Greece's biggest network of traditional and agritourism accommodation units, has moved its seat to Paris.

The latest statistics show that nearly 5 million foreign tourists visited Bulgaria in the period January - July 2017. Reports Mediapool. 

Millions of people across Turkey have started to hit the roads during a 10-day public holiday for the Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) and Victory Day, which starts late on Aug. 25 and ends on Sept. 3.

In many tourism resorts, hotel occupancy rates have hit 100 percent.

In the second quarter of 2017, 1 149.8 thousand Bulgarian residents made tourist trips, according to the National Statistical Institute (NSI)

The Bulgarian government has approved a draft agreement on cooperation in the sphere of tourism between the respective ministries of Bulgaria and of Egypt, reported Dnes.bg.

Four more professional fields in universities become priorities - philology, history, philosophy and religion. Thus the majors that are important for our economy, which the state will support with higher reception and a larger subsidy, will increase from 32 to 36. This is the result of the changes in student admissions adopted by the Council of Ministers yesterday. Reports SEGA. 

Turkey's "most gifted" children have been identified for the first time through a national intelligence test, the Anadolu-Sak Intelligence Scale (ASIS), developed by a 20-member research team at Anadolu University in the northwestern province of Eskişehir, daily Habertürk reported on Aug. 6.

Despite a successful season, the Croatian tourism sector is short of at least  2,700 workers,  unions say, blaming the gap mainly on poor pay and working conditions.

Eduard Andric, president of the Croatian Tourism and services trade union, told BIRN that "poor working conditions are the key reason for the lack of workers in tourism.