Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

New projects for popularizing Sofia as a tourist destination to be voted by city council today

The Ivan Vazov National Theatre in Sofia
Photo: Ani Petrova, BNR

Setting up a congressional department for seminar tourism, improving the website visitsofia.bg, renovating urban spaces and making the environment more accessible, joint projects with the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Education, with the Bulgarian Orthodox church and other institutions, more tourist-targeted events – these are the principal priorities set down in Sofia Municipality’s programme for the development of Sofia as a tourist destination in 2021, which is to be voted at today’s session of the Sofia city council.

Other items on the programme include promotional videos as well as Sofia’s more active participation in travel fairs in this country and abroad with the aim of making Bulgaria’s capital city more popular with tour operators. 



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

More than 900,000 Bulgarians travelled abroad in August

The trips of Bulgarian citizens abroad in August 2024 were 903,400, or 8.3% more in comparison to August 2023, the National Statistical Institute has reported.  Trips for the purpose of rest and excursion increased in August by..

published on 9/27/24 1:36 PM

Bulgaria sees 5% growth in foreign tourists this year

Since the beginning of the year, 10.7 million foreigners have visited Bulgaria, Rumen Draganov, director of the Institute for Analyses and Evaluations in Tourism, told BNR. This represents a 5% increase over last year. According to Rumen..

published on 9/24/24 2:37 PM

Bulgaria's Burgas is hosting Golden Age Gym European festival

Over 3,200 participants and guests of different ages and nationalities filled the Summer Theater in Burgas for the opening of the 9th edition of the European Gymnastics Festival for people over fifty - Golden Age Gym Festival 2024 .  The festival..

published on 9/23/24 10:55 AM