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Ilin Dimitrov is chairman of the Varna Tourist Chamber.
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“The summer season on the North Black Sea coast is difficult. The main problems are related to accessibility in every aspect – according to what rules tourists leave Bulgaria – with or without tests. The example when the PCR tests for Romania failed was eloquent – we immediately noticed a boom in reservations. We expect traditionally – I’m talking about Varna region, Poles, Germans, Romanians, Bulgarians, who last year. were 63 percent of the guests “- announced Ilin Dimitrov, chairman of the Varna Tourist Chamber. He expects a better season than last year, but significantly weaker than 2019.
“Everything is very dynamic, we receive reservations, but they are not paid and can be canceled at any time. Scandinavia has postponed its flight program, flights from Great Britain start on July 1, we don’t know about Russia, we lost them to Belarus because of the political decision not to fly their planes in European airspace, “he explained. Dimitrov also said that tourism on the North Black Sea coast will rely on 4-5,000 foreigners as labor, and within the country it was about 20,000 people. The workers mainly come from Ukraine, there are also from Kyrgyzstan.
“By the end of the week in the resort” Albena “we expect 4000 tourists, currently 6 hotels are open” – said the commercial director of “Albena” AD Margita Todorova. The main tourists are Bulgarians, Romanians, Ukrainians, Czechs, French. The expectations are for a better season compared to last year, which is estimated at about 30 percent.
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