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IT may be in the news for the demise of the Pomorie property development, but Bulgaria's Black Sea coast is still likely to draw Irish holidaymakers next season with its great beaches, warm weather and low prices. These were the opening lines of a full page of the on-line edition of The Sunday Business Post of Ireland in its story titled 'Bulgaria's Captivating Eastern Promise' on September 19.
The story about tourism and its chances on the Irish tourist market was not the only hearty news about Bulgaria as a tourist destination. News of a tripling in numbers of Belgian tourists to Bulgaria over the past two years was released by Belgian ambassador Philippe Beke on September 16 after his visit to Varna, who also credits this success to Bulgaria's participation in the arts and culture six-month event 'Europalia' in Brussels.
Bulgarian tour agencies and operators expect future tourism growth and holidaymakers from countries which have not traditionally been know to visit Bulgaria frequent.
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is one promising market because of the recent visit of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade and Industry of Jordan Mohammad Halaiqah, who signed intergovernmental Agreement for co-operation in the field of tourism.
Vacationers from Europe and elsewhere find Bulgaria attractive for its year-round tourism, cheap prices and recent adventurous opportunities for ecological and cultural tourism. The Museum of Salt at Pomorie, being one of these, is a part of 19 cultural tourism sites selected for Phare financing among 300 applicants from all over Bulgaria.
This, museum's director Milcho Skumov said on September 16.
Visitors and vacationers will be able to see the whole process of salt-making the only place in Eastern Europe where salt is made using a method dating from 2500 years. Old instruments are used in the process.
The museum will utilise 330,000 euro under the Phare Programme by the end of the year improving the infrastructure around it. The money will be spent on repairing roads to the museum, new acquisitions and research, Skumov said.
In the wake of the hasty development of tourism services and Destination Bulgaria, the promotional campaigns of the country abroad, prices of hotels and tourist services will increase by 30 per cent in 2007 when Bulgaria joins the European Union. Bulgarian Tourist Chamber chairperson Tsvetan Tonchev made this forecast last week. Therefore recreation and tourism for Bulgarians could become much more expensive in future if real incomes don't rise sufficiently.
The story about tourism and its chances on the Irish tourist market was not the only hearty news about Bulgaria as a tourist destination. News of a tripling in numbers of Belgian tourists to Bulgaria over the past two years was released by Belgian ambassador Philippe Beke on September 16 after his visit to Varna, who also credits this success to Bulgaria's participation in the arts and culture six-month event 'Europalia' in Brussels.
Bulgarian tour agencies and operators expect future tourism growth and holidaymakers from countries which have not traditionally been know to visit Bulgaria frequent.
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is one promising market because of the recent visit of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade and Industry of Jordan Mohammad Halaiqah, who signed intergovernmental Agreement for co-operation in the field of tourism.
Vacationers from Europe and elsewhere find Bulgaria attractive for its year-round tourism, cheap prices and recent adventurous opportunities for ecological and cultural tourism. The Museum of Salt at Pomorie, being one of these, is a part of 19 cultural tourism sites selected for Phare financing among 300 applicants from all over Bulgaria.
This, museum's director Milcho Skumov said on September 16.
Visitors and vacationers will be able to see the whole process of salt-making the only place in Eastern Europe where salt is made using a method dating from 2500 years. Old instruments are used in the process.
The museum will utilise 330,000 euro under the Phare Programme by the end of the year improving the infrastructure around it. The money will be spent on repairing roads to the museum, new acquisitions and research, Skumov said.
In the wake of the hasty development of tourism services and Destination Bulgaria, the promotional campaigns of the country abroad, prices of hotels and tourist services will increase by 30 per cent in 2007 when Bulgaria joins the European Union. Bulgarian Tourist Chamber chairperson Tsvetan Tonchev made this forecast last week. Therefore recreation and tourism for Bulgarians could become much more expensive in future if real incomes don't rise sufficiently.
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