Fri, Feb 10 2012
Hotel owners were expecting an increase of Bulgarian tourists during this year's holidays, chairman of the Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association (BHRA) Blagoi Ragin told Focus News Agency.
About 10-15 per cent more Bulgarian tourists were expected to be holidaying in the country during the holidays as compared to 2006.
Ragin explained this was a result of the campaign aiming to encourage tourism within the country, Focus News Agency said.
Those who would go on holiday abroad preferred exotic destinations such as tropical islands, the Far East, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia.
Works will be reviewed by a group of judges, and winners will receive certificates and prizes.
Seven arrested, including ‘The Squirrel’ who was found in possession of 10 00 euro, Interior Ministry says. Mobile phones, computer equipment and drug paraphernalia seized.
Maximum temperatures across the country will remain mostly below zero.
The first tremor was at about 12.34am, followed by another three minutes later. Their epicentres were located between the towns of Radnevo and Topolovgrad.
There was no risk of blackouts caused by insufficient power supply, Economy Minister Traicho Traikov told Bulgarian National Radio.