Fri, Feb 10 2012
The daily ski card in Borovets winter resort will now cost 20 leva.
The resort decided to take down all prices towards the end of the ski season. The three-day card, enabling usage of all facilities, costs 56 leva and the six-day card is worth 104 leva.
Hotels also decreased accommodation prices. Some of them offer special summer packages to attract tourists, Focus news agency reported.
Other offers focus on Easter celebrations in Bulgaria's mountain resorts. A tourism package in Borovets hotels offers three accommodations and Easter lunch worth 113 leva per person.
Resort representatives said that Borovets tracks offer good skiing conditions and the snow coverage reached up to 150cm.
Average market prices of homes in Sofia fell by one per cent in the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to the same period of 2010, according to the Raiffeisen Real Estate Index, as quoted by Klasa daily.
Proportionately, the number of transactions in leva increased as people reacted to speculation that the euro would disappear.
Nearly all banks are ready to finance between 80 per cent and 90 per cent of the price of a home, provided it is a good building in a large city, Bulgarian daily says.
Property prices in Bulgaria were five to 10 per cent lower in 2011 than in 2010, while initial estimates for this year are that they will remain largely unchanged, with transactions remaining at ‘crisis levels’.
Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia ranks 17th, report says, quoting Global Property Guide.