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| BULGARIAN PRESIDENT PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR DOMESTIC TOURISM INDUSTRY |
August 12, 2002
RFE/RL South Eastern Europe
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Written by Ulrich Buechsenschuetz
Posted by HW on April 19, 2024
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At a conference on tourism held at the Black Sea resort of Slanchev Bryag on 11 August, President Georgi Parvanov said he intends to invite foreign statesmen, business delegations, and journalists to spend their holidays in Bulgaria in an effort to attract tourism, Bulgarian media reported. Participants at the conference -- mayors, district governors, as well as representatives from the tourism |
industry -- discussed current problems related to the booming tourism trade on the country's Black Sea coast. Deputy Economy Minister Dimitar Hadzhinikolov announced that the government plans to introduce a so-called "tourism tax" by the beginning of 2003. The tax is intended to help municipalities improve their infrastructures.
Tourism accounts for 13 percent of the country's GDP. |
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