Tourism Assoc ANAT Wants Preferential Tariffs For Romanian Tourists To Bulgaria

ANAT and the Bulgarian Embassy in Romania organized Thursday and Friday, in Veliko Tarnovo, an event to promote travel agencies in Romania.

Martin stated the event was also attended by Bulgaria’s deputy minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism, Ivo Marinov, who said Romania is the number one source of tourist arrivals to Bulgaria in 2011, with 960,000 tourists, up 4.9% on the year.

Greece comes in second, with 940,000 tourists in 2011, up 42% from the previous year, followed by Germany, with 700,000 tourists, down 1.9% from 2010, said Martin, citing Marinov. Russia is ranked fourth, with a 20.5% increase, up to 455,000 tourists, while Macedonia comes in fifth, with 382,000 tourists, up 23.5% on the year.