More than 132 000 foreigners have properties in our country, announced “Monitor” newspaper. Since the end of 2013 when they were 13 000, their number has increased more than 10 times. The biggest number of foreigners with Bulgarian properties are in the area of Bourgas – 89 689, as in the last three years their numbers have risen 9,6 times. These numbers reflect mostly vacation homes on the south...
Hoteliers in Bansko are getting ready for the upcoming winter season and have started renovations. Some of the hotel complexes will offer new attractions and services for tourists. From November 01 until November 30 most hotels will be open, and with the official start of the new winter season every one of the holiday complexes in town will accept visitors. Starting this season , some of them will have...
The Institute for Market Economy has been given the task to perform an economic analysis of Bansko municipality. With the Institute’s help we wanted to see what our strengths and weaknesses are, what are the perspectives and challenges Bansko faces. It goes without saying that tourism is the most important sector for the economy of our municipality. The turnover, the income, and the employment in the...
We touched down in Bulgaria in a snow-storm. I’d skied before, but my boyfriend Jamie hadn’t and a fellow traveler we met in the airport had warned us: “Teaching your partner to ski can kill the relationship”. He knew this as he’d broken up with his girlfriend a few weeks earlier. Three hours later, we arrived in the ski resort of Bansko, popular with the Russians, Israelis, and Brits. For...
Minister of Environment and Water Ivelina Vasileva signed an agreement with the Mayor of Bansko Georgi Ikonomov to complete the water cycle in the city. The project totaling 89 million Levs is the largest that the municipality acted with European funds in the previous programming period. He fell into the group risk projects with those of another 7 municipalities. The new funding for the second phase is 26...
The second Bansko Beat music experience will take place at the central square of Bansko from 15th to 16th of July. In 2015, the festival will attract an audience of 3000 people, according to the organizers. Artists performing at this year’s event are yet to be announced. Loreen, LaRiss, Cesar, Mihaela Marinova, Christiana Louizu, Steven Achikor, Darina Yotova, Zhana Bergendorff, Da Clique, Nu/Ance are...
Theater festivals "To the audience with love" in Bansko are in full swing. This was announced by the press center of Bansko Municipality. In an exceptional audience interest went the Saturday evening play "Amadeus”. Directed by Boyko Iliev, the audience enjoyed the brilliant game of the actors Ivan Jurukov, into the role of Mozart and Georgi Kadurin into the role of Salieri. Child audience in the resort...
It was a powerful start to the first half of 2016 for properties in Bansko. At the peak of the winter season, we managed to attract buyers from 5 nationalities, including both neighboring countries and buyers from distant destinations. Buyers from the UK are dominating, but Bansko attracts buyers from so many countries that we can definitely say that it is Bulgarian most international resort at the...
For the first time, Bulgaria will host the start of World Cup snowboard parallel disciplines. The race will be held in Bansko during the 2016/2017 season. This was decided at the 50th Congress of the International Ski Federation (FIS) in Cancun (Mexico). Thus, the Bulgarian fans will be able to see on live the mastery on the white slopes of the current winner of the trophy Radoslav Yankov. "This is a...
This year's "Bansko Film Fest" will delight visitors with 100 films directed in different corners of the world - Europe, Australia, Latin America, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Canada, Kyrgyzstan, Bulgaria and many more. The only festival of this theme in Bulgaria will offer breathtaking ribbons mountains, adventure travel, and extreme sports. The festival includes presentations and workshops led by prominent...
