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Bulgaria is again among the most preferred destinations for Russian tourists, Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova said, reports Darik.

At this point the summer season is very successful and preliminary data show an expected growth of between 7 and 10 percent, she reported.

Though it is hard to believe but it’s true. Arnav Shrma, an 11-year-old Indian-origin boy living in the United Kingdom, has higher IQ than geniuses like Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. According to AIR News, Sharma has secured 162 points on a Mensa IQ test, two points higher than Einstein and Hawking.
This child prodigy hails from Reading town in southern England.

The government has prepared a Plan B to enforce in the event that ongoing protest action by municipal garbage collectors continues with the possible use of a judicial order to force employees back to work, Kathimerini understands.

Athens is one of the top culinary places for tourists choosing their destination based on food, according to a survey by Booking.com. With three quarters (75%) of global travellers saying that they would likely travel somewhere renowned for its great food and drink when choosing their next travel destination, culinary travel is a trend on the rise.

Turkish authorities have determined 85 spots that are suitable for swimming in Istanbul this year, the province public health director, Dr. Abdullah Emre Güner, has told the state-run Anadolu Agency in an interview.

Doctors working in primary healthcare have until September 30 to decide whether they want to stay in private practice or work for the public health system, the Health Ministry has said.

This is the second time the ministry has warned doctors that their private practices will be shut down and they could face prosecution if they are also registered with the PEDY public health system. 

The 4th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum opened on Tuesday in Athens with Shipping Minister Panayiotis Kouroublis announcing that the government is preparing to invite international cruise companies visiting Greece to invest in port infrastructure projects.

Restaurants, hotels, travel agencies and other tourism-related enterprises helped reduce the number of unemployed registered with the Manpower Organization (OAED) in April by 22,318 from a year earlier, taking the total down to 970,328.

Tourist visits to Bulgaria for the Easter holidays are expected to pick up 22% from last year, Tourism Minister Stela Baltova said Wednesday, according to BTA.

She said that Sofia Airport figures indicate an increase of visits from Germany, the UK, Italy and Portugal.

Tourism is a sector of Bulgarian economy which has the potential to contribute to creating jobs. It has a fair share in GDP but is also important for the development of the country's peripheral regions, said Minister of Tourism Stela Baltova who presented data about the sector in 2016, according to BNR.