Tourism

Last year saw a double-digit increase in tourism revenues and a marginal rise in the average expenditure of visitors per night spent in Greece, according to the definitive figures released by the country's central bank.

Bulgaria's Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova told BNT  that she expected a good summer tourist season this year, predicting a growth of tourists between 5% and 10%. She noted that the number of tourists from Russia is expected to remain the same as last year, as the geopolitical situation has an impact on the flow of tourists.

While Greece is one of the four top Mediterranean destinations for travelers - coming after Spain and Italy, and tying with Turkey by attracting about 15 percent of tourists in the region - it is a laggard in luxury tourism, a survey by the Greek tourism businesses association SETE showed.

The 14th edition of the European Museum Night will take place on May 19th.

Tens of museums and galleries in the country are expected to join the European initiative with interesting exhibitions, concerts and various art events.

The Ministry of Tourism starts the second stage of the "Unexpected Vacation" campaign, which is held under the slogan "One holiday is never enough!".

Turkey will attract a record high number of Russian tourists this year with a significant increase from last year, when 4.7 million Russian travelers flocked to the country, the Hotel Association of Turkey (TÜROB) has predicted.

The government has provided an additional BGN 1 680 000 million to the budget of the Ministry of Tourism for the implementation of the Annual Program for National Tourist Promotion.
 

Greece is expecting an additional 2 million visitors this year, Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura estimated on Friday, as the Greek Orthodox Easter sees the tourism season begin in earnest.

During the Easter holidays more than 450 000 tourists are expected to visit different regions in Bulgaria, tourism minister Nikolina Angelkova predicted in Kardzhali.

She participated in a Round Table entitled "Prospects for the Development of Cultural and Historical Tourism" at the invitation of the local structure of KRIB.

About 50,000 will travel abroad for the upcoming holidays, most will be in neighboring Greece. Some of them have already started - from the previous week, announced Rumen Draganov, director of the Institute for Tourism Analysis and Appraisals, in the morning block of BNT.