Irena Georgieva

Nearly 900,000 Romanian tourists visited Bulgaria between January and July 2024, according to Deputy Minister of Tourism Irena Georgieva. Speaking to a group of Romanian journalists in Plovdiv, she noted that over 500,000 of these visits took place during the period from May to July.

The Bulgarian Ministry of Tourism is set to request an increased budget for national tourism advertising in 2025. Although specific figures have not been disclosed, Deputy Minister Irena Georgieva indicated that the department is not seeking a doubling of the budget. She cited the "delicacy of the situation" due to upcoming elections as a reason for not specifying the amount.

The decline in holiday reservations in Bulgaria by Russian tourists is due to difficulties in issuing visas, says Russia's Ambassador Anatoly Makarov.

Anatoly Makarov, Russia's Ambassador to Bulgaria: A big obstacle for Russians is not so much extra payments, but the lack of multiple tourist visas.

Bulgaria reinforces its image of one of the most sought-after destinations for winter tourism. This was stated by Deputy Minister of Tourism Irena Georgieva at a meeting in Chepelare for the readiness of the municipalities Smolyan and Chepelare for the forthcoming winter season.

Gotse Delchev. 12 wine-culinary routes are under development, Deputy Minister of Tourism Irena Georgieva said during the Fifth Annual Congress of the Bulgarian Union of Balneology and Spa Tourism, Focus News Agencyreports. "The idea is to popularise Bulgarian cuisine as it is something that attracts tourists," she said.

For the period January-September 2017 visits of foreign tourists for treatment purposes were about 26,300. For the whole 2016, the visits to this purpose were over 47,500, said Deputy Minister of Tourism Irena Georgieva.

Milko Teofilov was appointed Deputy Minister of Tourism, the government's press office said, quoted by Investor.bg.

Turkey's English-language Hürriyet Daily News has published a piece quoting Turkish officials who praise Bulgaria-Turkey relations and bilateral exchange in tourism, culture, and even investment.

"While Turkey is experiencing problems with all of it neighbors, for now and God-willing, the springtime continues in the relations between us and our neighbor Bulgaria," the text begins.

Representatives of the tourist sector are moderate optimists that the forthcoming winter season in Bulgaria will be a successful one.

This was stated by Bulgarian Deputy Tourism Minister Irena Georgieva, who attended the opening of the Go2Balkans tourist exhibition in Inter Expo Center in Sofia on Wednesday.

The reception desks of all hotels will be reachable via an internal call by dialing 9, according to Irena Georgieva, Bulgaria's Deputy Tourism Minister.

Georgieva commented on the new ordinance on the categorization of hotels and accommodation sites in a Thursday interview for the Bulgarian National Radio.