Economic sectors

French company BiC, which specializes in the production of pens, lighters and razors, plans to open a service center in Sofia, where about 200 jobs will be opened. This will be part of the company's BiC 2022 - Invent The Future plan, the official announcement of the company said.

The third "Tomorrow's Hospitality Leaders Workshop" will take place in Athens next month, organized by the Swiss Education Group.
The workshop, which is in the form of a summer camp, is aimed at young people aged between 16 and 18 who are eager to enter the hospitality and tourism sector.

A cash box of a low-cost airline at Sofia Airport was robbed tonight. This was announced by the Ministry of Interior press center.
 
The report of the robbery was filed at 1.25 am tonight, reports Bulgaria OnAir.
 
The broken box is located in the office of the airline. There is a lack of money, but the exact number is not specified.
 

The Ministry of Tourism starts a new initiative - "Unexpected vacation". It provides for two paid nights in April and May for tourists to receive a third free of charge from hoteliers.

At the moment, three hotels in Sunny Beach and one in Pomorie have been included in the initiative, the Ministry of Tourism announced.

The numbers of Greek guests at the country's hotels have been in constant decline over the last decade, with more than five out of every six overnight stays concerning foreigners. This is happening in the context of an increase in hotel room availability and in room rates, according to the hoteliers' chamber.

The tourism and travel sector in Greece grew 6.9 percent last year, a rate that was three-and-a-half times higher than the growth rate of the entire Greek economy, a survey by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has noted.

The survey illustrated that tourism accounted for 20.6 percent of the country's gross domestic product, against a global rate of just 10.4 percent.