A total of 2030 tourist sites-hotels, motels, camp sites and other places of accommodation functioned during the first summer month against the backdrop of the emergency epidemic situation. According to data of the National Statistical Institute, the total number of people employed at the accommodation places decreased by 32.7% as compared to June 2019. 59.3% of the people accommodated at four or five star hotels were foreign nationals and 29.8% were Bulgarian tourists. 21.3% of the people who stayed at three-star hotels were foreign tourists and 29.8% were Bulgarians. 19.4% of the people accommodated at one and two-star hotels were foreign tourists and 38.9% were Bulgarian nationals. In June 2020, the number of guests decreased with 80.6% as compared to the same month last year. The number of foreign guests decreased by 94.5% and the number of Bulgarian tourists fell with 59.5%.
The only Museum of Glass in Bulgaria is in Beloslav, a small town on one of the arms of Varna Lake. It was here, in 1893, that the Mushalan brothers laid the foundations of glass-making in Bulgaria, as they founded the first glass factory – which has..
In the southwesternmost corner of Bulgaria, high in the Ograzhden Mountains, we find ourselves in a fairy-tale paradise – the magnetic village of Dolene. Everyone who comes here gasps in surprise, because the view is very unusual for most Bulgarian..
The steam locomotive train rides organized by the Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ) on various occasions and holidays for lovers of old trains have become a tradition. The puffing train, which emits a lot of steam and smoke, and its sonorous whistle are..
The Ministry of Tourism opened the 2025 summer tourist season with an inspiring event in Pomorie – a town that combines sea, history, culture and..
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