Charter programs for winter season start after December 20th, this is the beginning of holidays in Europe, Dimitar Hadjinikolov, Deputy Minister of Economy, stated. At present bookings are under way and Britain tourists show greatest interest in Bulgarian resorts. There are also reservations from German provinces, which traditionally came to Bulgaria 15-20 years ago. This year TUI has its own charter winter offer for the second time, Hadjinikolov informed. Neighboring countries also show interest in holidays in Bulgaria. Bansko and Borovets are favorite to Greek tourists, Turkish tourists prefer Pamporovo. In case of a good snow, an increase of 5-7% is quite reasonable. Russian tourists also rediscover Bulgaria. About BGN 10 million will be invested in the infrastructure of Borovets and Pamporovo.

Next year the meeting of the European Travel Committee will take place in Bulgaria. We will apply to be a host of the event on the next session of the executive council of the World Tourism Organization. In this way Bulgaria will become famous as a country, active participant in the process of the development of tourism on a European and world scale, Deputy Minister of Economy stated.