63 . 7 % of Bulgarians are planning to travel immediately or up to 2 months after the restrictions are lifted. 65.6% say they will travel as often as before the pandemic, and 10.5% - even more often. The first destination 54% of the..
If the prevalence of Covid-19 remained low, indoor restaurants could be opened in hotels, Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova has said. The main priority for the ministry is to attract Bulgarian tourists to the Black Sea coast. A video conference..
Even if a PCR test was performed on those arriving from abroad in Bulgaria, it couldin no way replace the 14-day quarantine. We have seen cases of people arriving from abroad who had been quarantined, but on the tenth day we found that they were ill,..
I have spoken with US Ambassador to Sofia Herro Mustafa and she informed me that the summer work and travel programs for students were not canceled but postponed until May 12, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva said. We need to wait in..
Long queues, lost time and much tension on the roads to Sofia and the regional cities after the holidays - this has been the result of tight traffic restriction measures. Starting today, April 21, citizens who go or return from work with a car..
The measures announced in Bulgaria for restricting movement between the regional cities remain in force for the four non-working days on the Easter holidays (17 April to 20 April) . This was stated at a briefing of the Ministry of Interior this morning...
Four countries-Ireland, the Czech Republic, Great Britain and Turkey have already agreed to allow Bulgarians whose identity documents have expired to return to Bulgaria until October 15, this country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva..
A 66% drop in visits to shopping and leisure facilities, 36% less visits to market outlets, drugstores and pharmacies, passengers at bus stations, train stations and metro stations are reduced by 58% . Travels to jobs are reduced by one third. This is..
Bulgaria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls on all Bulgarian citizens to refrain from travelling abroad unless absolutely necessary. It also urges Bulgarians living abroad to "exercise high self-awareness and care for their loved ones by rethinking a..
The number of Bulgarians travelling abroad continues to rise, latest data of the National Statistical Institute show. In January 2020, a total of 423,100 Bulgarians travelled abroad, which is 5.1% more as compared to the same month last year. The..
