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200,000 foreign tourists expected to travel to Bulgaria for Christmas and New Year

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About 200,000 foreign tourists are expected to visit Bulgaria for Christmas and New Year holidays, according to the Ministry of Tourism.

The rise over the same period last year will be ranging between 7-8%. Traditionally, interest in trips to Bulgaria show tourists from Serbia, Romania, Greece and the UK. Part of tourists combine a ski holiday with Christmas celebrations and New Year holidays in winter resorts. In December as a whole Bulgaria is expected to welcome more than 450 000 foreigners who have chosen this country for their vacation.

Some 150,000 Bulgarians are expected to travel abroad for the holidays.



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