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Small increase of foreign tourists at Bulgarian seaside

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Small increase of foreign tourists at Bulgarian seaside

Sofia Echo, 13.06.2008

An increase of only two to three per cent in the number of foreign tourists is to be expected in Bulgaria in the summer of 2008, Bulgarian Tourist Chamber chairperson Tsvetan Tonchev told investor.bg on June 11. The small increase resulted from charter flights cancelled in the last moment and vacations booked for May by German and Russian tourists, he said. The Germans cancelled their reservations because of the construction, which continues along the coastline. Part of the Russian tourists were unsatisfied with the visa permit issuing problems. Still, Germans would be most numerous of the foreign tourists to come to Bulgaria in 2008, nearly 650 000, investor.bg said. The number of the Russians that would visit Bulgaria would increase by 10 per cent on annual basis. Preliminary calculations showed that the revenue from the summer tourist season would be nearly 1.6 billion euro, compared to the 1.5 billion euro earned in 2007. The number of beds in the coastal resorts, including in the guesthouses, increased by 10 000 year-to-year, reaching nearly 750 000 beds. According to the Bulgarian Tourist Chamber, nearly half of the Bulgarians to go on holiday would go abroad, mainly in the neighbouring countries. The average price for bed and breakfast in a three-star hotel at Bulgarian seaside was 60 to 70 leva, while full board would exceed 100 leva in the high season, investor.bg said.

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