Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova said on Saturday that the declining interest of Russian tourists towards Bulgaria could be compensated by visitors from the rest of Europe.
Russia and Ukraine represented an important, but not the sole market for Bulgarian tourism, Angelkova added in an interview for private bTV station.
Her words came amidst the heightened concerns of the tourism sector regarding the forthcoming summer season and the numerous political comments on the topic.
According to her, the decrease of Russian tourists varied from 20 % to 80 % and the trend dated from a year and a half.
Angelkova quoted statistical data of Russian …read more
Source: Novinite