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Official: annual tourism revenue expected to slump by 25 per cent
Photo: Stoyan Nenov
Bulgarian tourism this year is expected to record a decrease in revenue of between 20 and 25 per cent, according to Rumen Draganov from the Prognosis and Analysis Institute of Tourism, as cited by the Bulgarian news agency on October 7 2009.
The reasons include the fact that prices in the sector were sharply reduced at the beginning of the season in a bid to offset the effects of the global economic crunch.
Revenue in Bulgaria's north Black Sea resorts alone is down by almost 25 per cent, according to the association of hoteliers and restaurant owners. They cite lower prices as well as tourists' reluctance to spend on "shopping and entertainment" as lavishly as in previous years.
The south Black Sea this year attracted 11.8 per cent fewer tourists in the period to the end of September, as opposed to corresponding figures from September 30 2008.
According to Ivan Ivanov, head of the Regional Tourist Chamber of the south Black Sea, next year is expected to be worse still, with even fewer tourists coming to Bulgarian shores. Ivanov believes that among the hardest hit will be Bulgaria's major tourist destinations along the Black Sea.
The reasons include the fact that prices in the sector were sharply reduced at the beginning of the season in a bid to offset the effects of the global economic crunch.
Revenue in Bulgaria's north Black Sea resorts alone is down by almost 25 per cent, according to the association of hoteliers and restaurant owners. They cite lower prices as well as tourists' reluctance to spend on "shopping and entertainment" as lavishly as in previous years.
The south Black Sea this year attracted 11.8 per cent fewer tourists in the period to the end of September, as opposed to corresponding figures from September 30 2008.
According to Ivan Ivanov, head of the Regional Tourist Chamber of the south Black Sea, next year is expected to be worse still, with even fewer tourists coming to Bulgarian shores. Ivanov believes that among the hardest hit will be Bulgaria's major tourist destinations along the Black Sea.
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".. but its their country and if they want to F it up thats their prerogative"
If that's what it takes to keep ugly Brits away, let it be...
Beautiful country shame about the people they will never understand service and the reality is they dont want to, so with all that potential nothing will ever happen tourism down 25% more like 50% based on what i have seen most resorts where ghost towns and still the prices where higher than the uk, but its their country and if they want to F it up thats their prerogative
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Kick all the tourists out and take down those stupid hotels - I am all for that.
This slump though, has much more to do with the economic situation in the EU than with BG's tourist industry.
Spain is down 35%, so are most of the other destinations...
I fear that when the economy improves, all that white trash from the North Western EU will flock back for cheap thrills, and continue with the situation.
Stay home!
Photographer Stoyan Nenov had a nice view when he lay in the sand and surreptitiously took the picture above.
What a pair of nice ????.
Yeh little thought was given to planning because the local architects and engineer/planners were too busy counting their illicit gains in brown paper bags for rubber stamping projects which should never have been passed
what does this picture have to do with tourism... nice....
The water in Sunny Beach is not pouring nice to swim in. There are a lot of green slimy Algiers that look like small twigs, moreover, the water is full of white jellyfish of various sizes.
Bulgaria is simply no longer the great bargain that it once was. Prices are high and the quality of the service is low. Massive over building, with laittle thought to planning, has made much of the Black Sea coast ugly. Much of the regions charm is gone and that is a shame.
I invested in Bulgaria but Bansko Ski prices are far too high, the price for food is as high as it is in Austria and the rest of Europe but it is not good food or good value. In addition the taxis in Sofia and in Bansko attempt to charge far too much so are shooting themselves in the foot. If you give good service and treat poeple decently then that is the reason why people will return. Bulgaria is a lovely country but in a lot of ways the prices are high for most things compared to the UK [...]
Read the full comment and when compared to 2006 things have regretably changed for the worse not better. If the outlook does not change then tourists will go to the other resorts where the roads are generally better for people on the move and there is much greater choice in the food in the rest of Europe. I see no reason why Bulgaria does not try and follow in lead given by Spain and Portugal and accept that by improving standards they may be able to get the tourists to return.
It's too late for bs to reverse the negative spiral down in Black Sea resorts. That revenue falls far has to do with all the tourists from the Scandinavian countries has fallen by about 65% this year and will fall more next summer. These tourists have paid almost full price for the hotels, while tourists from Bulgarias neighbors countries paid half. None who have been in BS encourages others to go there, on the contrary, it discourages people from traveling there.
I hope that this results will trigger some kind of rethinking of the tourism strategy of municipalities, hotel owners and the whole tourism industry.
New concepts and strategies have to be found. Destroying of beautiful landscape with hotel complexes and apartment houses nobody needs. much more quality in service !!!
I am from CE and most of the people I have met who have done a vacation in BG will most likely not return, because they experienced extreme low quality.
I have seen what was done to Bansko - the very good and nice [...]
Read the full comment skiing area is totally destroyed by uncontrolled building strategy in the former very beautiful village. people have to understand, that vacation quality also includes overall feeling and service quality (what is the benefit of a nice skiing area, when you have apre ski in the village you have the impression you rest on a construction area).
if the consumer is not finding his/her recreation felling he/she will never come back, even when the price is attractive or low...