Fri, Feb 10 2012

Bansko opens ski season with hopes for more international events

Mon, Dec 01 2008 11:06 CET

byPetar Kostadinov

386 Views

Bansko, the most popular Bulgarian winter resort, in Pirin Mountain, opened its 2008/2009 season on November 29 2009. The day coincided with a ban on construction in the resort imposed by the city hall for the season's duration.

Despite reports of decreasing tourist bookings for the season the resort is preparing for a particularly promising season. On February 28 and March 1 2009 Bansko will host rounds of the Women's Alpine Skiing World Cup (Slalom and Super G) which will be the biggest international skiing event hosted by Bulgaria in decades.

The previous occasion was in late 1981 and 1984 when Borovets resort in Rila mountain hosted a round of the Men's Alpine Skiing World Cup.

Another piece of good news for Bankso that came on November 29 2008 was that the resort might actually get to host not only rounds from the women's event but from the men's as well. Bulgarian-language Dnevnik daily quoted officials from the International Ski Federation as saying that Bansko had been selected for the preliminary 2011 calendar.

  • Print
  • Send via email
  • Translate to
  • Share:

To post comments, please, Login or Register.


Please read the The Sofia Echo forum comments policy.

More in this category

US embassy in Sofia announces youth essay contest

Works will be reviewed by a group of judges, and winners will receive certificates and prizes.

Bulgarian police bust drug distribution gang in ‘Operation Hammer’

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.

Bulgaria’s winter weekend weather – cloudy and cold with light snow

Maximum temperatures across the country will remain mostly below zero.

Mild earth tremors in Bulgaria on February 10

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.

Bulgaria halts electricity exports after power plant accident

There was no risk of blackouts caused by insufficient power supply, Economy Minister Traicho Traikov told Bulgarian National Radio.

© 2000-2012, Sofia Echo Media Ltd.

Web Design by RIZN

Sofia Echo Media is part of the Economedia Group.
The news and information content on this website is provided by our editorial team and is copyrighted. Any unauthorised reproduction or use of it is strictly forbidden. Reproduction of this website's content is permitted only with prior written permission from the Editor-in-Chief, should be propertly acredited and provide an active link back to our site. Comments posted by the website's visitors are independent of the editorial materials and do not represent the views of sofiaecho.com. Sofia Echo Media cannot be held responsible for the statements contained in visitor comments. The percentаge change in the shares' prices are based on the price of the last transaction of the current session compared to the price of the last transaction of the previous session. Bulgarian Stock Exchange data is not real-time, but updated every 15 minutes, and should not be used as a basis for decisions about buying or selling stock options.