August 10, 2009
Despite the expected decline of the number of
foreign tourists in Bulgarian resorts during summer 2009, Bulgaria is
likely to end up with a profitable tourist season.
According to Blagoy Ragin, Chair of the Bulgarian Hotel and
Restaurant Association, if the decline in the number of foreign
tourists is contained within 5%-7%, the summer season could be
considered successful.
The Bulgarian resorts would fare better in August than they did in
July in terms of the number of tourists they attract, Ragin said, as
quoted by dir.bg.
He stressed that the number of Bulgarian tourists who visit
Bulgarian resorts had increased which meant that they had decided to
support the Bulgarian economy in a time of economic crisis.
Ragin expects a boom in the hunting tourism, and an intensive
development of cultural, spa, wine-tasting, and golf tourism in
Bulgaria in the years to come.
In his words, despite all flaws of the Bulgarian tourism sector, it
was going to bring at least BGN 3 B in the Bulgarian economy in 2009.
novinite.com