tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89832772561946178482024-03-05T03:16:34.232-08:00BULGARIA - A Small Country for a Great HolidayeSky.bghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05889478147349499551noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983277256194617848.post-59244983157943038342009-06-26T03:11:00.000-07:002009-06-26T03:18:35.105-07:00Bulgaria is the best destination for cheap holiday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvitkO39i0lZpn5G_3lXBXVkow1VxjysGO_DoBo4tQD44KIk3qsXez_zJbYBmyoT1B8sAs-SNDKYvUjY7JbxX2bC4j7bdpZ1Jn0pYCiRzt3S19UjupuDdqqMkriYF9AQ-NgFS6vnuUrxs/s1600-h/ffe1502c3a.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 260px; height: 195px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvitkO39i0lZpn5G_3lXBXVkow1VxjysGO_DoBo4tQD44KIk3qsXez_zJbYBmyoT1B8sAs-SNDKYvUjY7JbxX2bC4j7bdpZ1Jn0pYCiRzt3S19UjupuDdqqMkriYF9AQ-NgFS6vnuUrxs/s320/ffe1502c3a.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351577189353565858" /></a><br />Bulgaria is the cheapest European <a href="http://www.travel2bg.com">holiday destination</a> for British travellers, according to a survey.<br /><br />Ten typical <a href="http://www.travel2bg.com">holiday</a> items and costs, including a meal out, will cost tourists just £42.23 in Bulgaria, the survey by Post Office travel services found.<br /><br />This is two-and-half times cheaper than in Antigua, where the items cost £108.70 , making the Caribbean island the most expensive of the 18 <a href="http://www.travel2bg.com">destinations surveyed</a>.<br /><br />Thailand, at £43.92 for the 10 items, is the next best bargain destination despite a recent rise in prices, while South Africa (£46.13) is in third place.<br /><br />Turkey and Croatia joined Bulgaria as the best places in Europe for a bargain break, while France (£78.30) was the most expensive eurozone country.<br /><br />Spain, at £67.08, was the best-bargain eurozone country, closely followed by Portugal (£67.47)<br /><br />The survey showed that prices have dropped in Portugal as well as in <a href="http://travelling-greece.blogspot.com/">Greece</a> and Italy, but have risen in long-haul destinations, with Thailand costs going up 53.7 per cent and Egypt rising nearly 47 per cent.<br /><br />Post Office head of travel services Sarah Munro said: "The eurozone has taken a bashing this year, but our survey suggests that tourist outlets in many <a href="http://www.travel2bg.com/kurorti.html">resorts</a> are taking dramatic steps to encourage tourists.<br /><br />"Despite the weak pound, this means that UK tourists who shop carefully could find that they get more than expected for their money."<br /><br />She went on: "Prices for eating out have shown some of the biggest rises in this year's survey. In Thailand we have tracked a 68.5 per cent jump. In the US meals increased by almost 49 per cent and even in Turkey, one of our best buys, they have gone up by over one third.<br /><br />"By contrast the increase in <a href="http://travelling-greece.blogspot.com/">Greece</a> was just above 1 per cent. However, many of the same destinations where prices have gone up, notably Thailand and Turkey, remain great value for money." according telegraph.co.ukUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983277256194617848.post-36157889271327692612009-06-23T00:46:00.000-07:002009-06-26T02:54:10.020-07:00Tourism opportunities in Bulgaria: Russian roulette<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNeHKiRnPeomrhYj8FZpbZHEdIFwuxkjnEqKWFi9Jioqmcg1iOFJjQP64RgSUJTYY9TdJDxC-Kf_go6dy13oINFQR_YvsuyTL0umcDLwonOeD6Z-jdeJ5ZGyNtjIH7Bv-x-Xc6jIBwEM/s1600-h/casino.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNeHKiRnPeomrhYj8FZpbZHEdIFwuxkjnEqKWFi9Jioqmcg1iOFJjQP64RgSUJTYY9TdJDxC-Kf_go6dy13oINFQR_YvsuyTL0umcDLwonOeD6Z-jdeJ5ZGyNtjIH7Bv-x-Xc6jIBwEM/s320/casino.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350426667070997602" /></a><br />Quoting unnamed officials at the Bulgarian-Russian Investment Forum as saying that Russian investors were "opting for partnerships with Bulgarian companies in order to start new casinos in Bulgaria", Bulgarian daily Standart said the country had a "golden opportunity to become the Las Vegas for Russian gamblers."<br /><br />As reason for the Russian interest, Standart referred to a Russian decision to restrict casinos in four regions on July 1 2009.<br /><br />Luring rich Russian gamblers, however, was not going to be easy, as the country would have to compete with the likes of Monte Carlo and London.<br /><br />Blagoy Ragin, chair of the <a href="http://www.travel2bg.com/">Bulgarian Hotel</a>- and Restaurant-Keepers Association, was quoted as saying that "rich Russians would come only if there was a megacasino – giant, luxurious, and with a lot of extras."<br /><br />Ragin said that such a megacasino would be "most becoming in the western part of the <a href="http://www.bulgariancoast.net/">Sunny Beach resort</a>," Standart said.<br /><br />According to an unnamed source in the <a href="http://www.travel2bg.com/">tourism</a> sector quoted by Standart, businessmen were already hoping that gambling-loving Russian tourists would "be the prime saviours of this summer's holiday season at the <a href="http://www.bulgariancoast.net">Bulgarian seaside</a>."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983277256194617848.post-5367377643686796052009-06-04T14:04:00.000-07:002009-06-26T02:56:19.856-07:00In Strasbourg was opened a photo exhibition of Belogradchik rocks<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhyKpZ-k6HwfuZvb1AfmjK-ymjUZo2eO7eIiaDZ8UiG6fSoHx_7XmaebaJTTk41Us1zuTSMPFvUmbbnOuRIjwTxG9O2cctBx9kckfQ9X5Dfcp6oP9GZvabqVZnVndAz3p5-suJt9UGe4Q/s1600-h/belogradchik011.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhyKpZ-k6HwfuZvb1AfmjK-ymjUZo2eO7eIiaDZ8UiG6fSoHx_7XmaebaJTTk41Us1zuTSMPFvUmbbnOuRIjwTxG9O2cctBx9kckfQ9X5Dfcp6oP9GZvabqVZnVndAz3p5-suJt9UGe4Q/s320/belogradchik011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343590488098874738" /></a><br />In Strasbourg photo exhibition was opened today <a href="http://www.travel2bg.com/">Bulgarian nature</a> phenomenon Belogradchik rocks, inform BTA, according to the release of the organizers.<br /><br />The exhibition includes more than 40 panoramic photographs, expression of the authors' vision Irena Danailova and Robert Nikolaev<br /><br />After the announcement of the "new seven natural wonders of the world were nominated for participation four landmarks in the country - <a href="http://www.travel2bg.com/kurorti.html">Belogradchik rocks</a> Wonderful bridges in the <a href="http://www.travel2bg.com/kurorti.html">Rhodopes</a>, fossil forest near <a href="http://www.travel2bg.com/kurorti.html">Varna</a> and <a href="http://www.travel2bg.com">Seven Lakes</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983277256194617848.post-66911757842724500622009-06-04T13:32:00.000-07:002009-06-26T03:00:04.257-07:00Sunny Beach in the top 20 most preferred destinations<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2DqknLvgL-4hyHVvqpnMRBmsh9vAsM0h5gMwO3_5Ag9uc7vQgsKy0XIoMB-WDQV1LgMANwsgLKRyCR-yLTVF8fOn51yz0K7_Ew6LWnBSu7A4z14OqNntLRmYUPtKDV8X7-PvXr-KSj78/s1600-h/sunny.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2DqknLvgL-4hyHVvqpnMRBmsh9vAsM0h5gMwO3_5Ag9uc7vQgsKy0XIoMB-WDQV1LgMANwsgLKRyCR-yLTVF8fOn51yz0K7_Ew6LWnBSu7A4z14OqNntLRmYUPtKDV8X7-PvXr-KSj78/s320/sunny.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343727796134063394" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.bulgariancoast.net/">Sunny Beach</a> came in the top 20 most desired by Scandinavian <a href="http://www.travel2bg.com/kurorti.html">tourists resorts</a>, suggest results of a study of agency Scandiandess<br /><br />Scandinavian and Germans prefer expensive <a href="http://www.travel2bg.com/katalog-hoteli.html">hotels</a>. Currently there package prices are competitive to those of Turkey and <a href="http://travelling-greece.blogspot.com/">Greece</a>. <a href="http://www.travel2bg.com">Tourists</a> from the northern were most enjoy music clubs and discos.<br /><br />More than 18 000 foreign <a href="http://www.travel2bg.com">tourists arrived</a> in the resort during the first days of May.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983277256194617848.post-64376111675808742192009-06-04T13:19:00.000-07:002009-06-26T03:05:03.324-07:00Irakli opened the season on June 13<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQLFcfJ0ae2V9J35f1if2g38dIrRPflSQtHmFnt9JO8u4josOkwWF1DkKpjlCOasyGYvfXR1Nru31HnksOnZcbchPjLkHg203wheg3wdAbEt4K0aeHCBKVOiW3HlgXkASs1XcCZUkvPm4/s1600-h/irakli.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQLFcfJ0ae2V9J35f1if2g38dIrRPflSQtHmFnt9JO8u4josOkwWF1DkKpjlCOasyGYvfXR1Nru31HnksOnZcbchPjLkHg203wheg3wdAbEt4K0aeHCBKVOiW3HlgXkASs1XcCZUkvPm4/s320/irakli.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343737942785561794" /></a><br />The official opening of the <a href="http://www.travel2bg.com/kurorti.html">tourist season</a> in Irakli Protected Area will be held on June 13 (Saturday), reported from the <a href="http://www.travel2bg.com">resort</a>. <br /><br />This year, the resort participates in the contest EDEN 2009, organized by the European Commission for the selection of <a href="http://www.travel2bg.com">excellent tourist destination</a> associated with protected areas. The main objective of the owners is to turn Irakli in a high <a href="http://www.travel2bg.com/component/content/article/3-tour/29-selski-turizam.html">quality eco-resort</a>, undertaken mainly in the <a href="http://www.travel2bg.com/">tourism map of Bulgaria</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.travel2bg.com/component/content/article/3-tour/29-selski-turizam.html">Tourists visiting Irakli</a> are mostly families with children who have higher criteria for the environment, peace and quiet.<br /><br />At present the resort has a full base equipment <a href="http://www.travel2bg.com/">villas</a> and bungalows with a total bed base of 125 persons, 2 restaurants, shops and cafes. The beach offers all the entertainment for a nice holiday umbrellas, lounges, boats, water wheel, kite, surfing and the like.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983277256194617848.post-32849162595099051792009-06-04T12:59:00.000-07:002009-06-26T03:08:07.254-07:00Bansko will attract tourists in the summer with cultural events<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3qHTfOwQ290m4aZusHR59-KTAjtf0lOq_Fr7bh6Qj30NFg1LDkOd-W_-LjmqM59MN75h_a_7F88qklxLXHlRF0Yj_rGZyMf58v-tNom809CDUjHi1vcvgSrjLzE7qiCNiuKu_QT0lHe4/s1600-h/kempinski_bansko.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3qHTfOwQ290m4aZusHR59-KTAjtf0lOq_Fr7bh6Qj30NFg1LDkOd-W_-LjmqM59MN75h_a_7F88qklxLXHlRF0Yj_rGZyMf58v-tNom809CDUjHi1vcvgSrjLzE7qiCNiuKu_QT0lHe4/s320/kempinski_bansko.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343738268256628818" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.travel2bg.com/kurorti/1-kurorti/22-bansko.html">Bansko</a> is the map of modern European <a href="http://www.travel2bg.com/component/content/article/3-tour/4-planinski-kurorti.html">winter resorts</a>, but the ambition is to establish, together with <a href="http://www.travel2bg.com/component/content/article/3-tour/4-planinski-kurorti.html">Dobrinishte</a> and other villages in the municipality located in the Pirin and the Rhodope Mountains, as year-round resort. <br /><br />It said at a press conference as the official opening of the new summer tourist season, Mayor of Bansko Alexander Kravarov. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.travel2bg.com/kurorti/1-kurorti/22-bansko.html">Bansko</a> will rely on various cultural events to attract the attention of <a href="http://www.travel2bg.com/">tourists in summer</a>. <br /><br />On May 23 launched a two-day sixth edition of the International Folklore Festival "Between three mountains", organized jointly by the municipality and Production Company "Edith". This year it attracted a record number of participants - over 1300. <br /><br />After elections in July will begin more traditional theater festivalUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0