At the beginning of the week from the civil association "For the Nature in Bulgaria" flooded the responsible government departments and the media with a letter, which warned that it has already begun illegal construction of a new lift in the National Park "Pirin". Green movement announced that the building of a new six-chair gondola lift in place of the three-chair lift already going with full steam. They...

Hoteliers in the resort of Bansko will not raise prices of accommodation for the latest jazz festival, which begins on 8-th of August. The trend towards falling tariffs continues this month. "For the festival there will be a lot of guests, but no one thinks to increase the cost of services. On the contrary, we are reducing them. In the small family hotels night stay is only 15 levs; in three-star hotels...

Half a million tourists have visited Bansko Ski area in the last winter season. The statics were made by the authors of the project “Development of the National Park Pirin" 2014-2023. 24.38 % of tourists were English, and almost the same were Bulgarian visitors. With approximately 18 % are the Greeks and Russians follow Romanians, Turks and Serbs with almost equal contribution from 3 to 5%. In the...

World Ski Cup in Bansko have received the most funds for households of international competitions in 2015. In this year's budget were down 5 million levs to support these households, but were actually distributed 6,138,740 lev.  World Ski Cup competition for women in late February has the largest share as have received 1.265 million levs for three days in Bansko. According the Sports Minister - Krasen...

"You are great, Bansko" with these words James Arthur - the headliner of the festival "Bansko beat" greeted the huge crowd. In Saturday summer evening, he conquered the crowd gathered on the square in the resort. More than an hour Arthur sang for his Bulgarian fans, performing their greatest hits. The concert of the British star was the highlight of the festival, as throughout Saturday music fans could...

Tourists and lovers of theater, already enjoying the Summer Theatre Festival " to the spectators - with love". In Ray Cooney's comedy "Insane Night" festival started on Wednesday evening in Bansko. The play of Valentin Tanev was played to a full audience in "Nikola Vaptsarov" hall. "This week Bansko is a theater. This time we tried to have the biggest names of Bulgarian theater on our stage. The holidays...

The deep crisis in Greece threatens the Bulgarian economy for sure, but it may turn out into an advantage for small local settlements along the Bulgarian-Greek border. The national statistics marks a growth in the number of small and medium-sized companies that relocate their activities from Greece to Southwest Bulgaria. These companies become important employers in the border area around the town of...

The Strong Pound Effects on Property Investment in Bulgaria Are you thinking of buying a property in Bulgaria this year? Maybe you are craving a holiday home in Sunny Beach or Bansko? Well now is the time to take action. As the pound continues to grow against the Euro (1.40 € to the pound at the time of publication), It make sense to get more for your money while you have the chance. Pound at its...

The mayor of Bansko, Georgi Ikonomov took part in the meeting - discussion about the development of tourism in Blagoevgrad and the region, organized by Minister Angelkova and municipality Mayor of Blagoevgrad - Dr. Atanas Kambitov. The main topic discussed at the meeting was the preparation of the tourism brand “Bulgaria”. Discussed were the target markets on which to focus advertising on as the...

President of the International Ski Federation (FIS), Gian-Franco Kasper was born in the iconic Swiss resort of St. Moritz. In 1944 has a degree in psychology, philosophy and journalism in Zurich. He worked as an editor in 4-lingual newspaper "Courier" in St. Moritz, as well as Swiss tourist office in Montreal (Cannes). In 1975, he joined the FIS. He was elected for president of the International...