UNESCO is against the removal of parts of the protected area of the Pirin National Park and the emergence of new ski areas in the winter resort Bansko. The organization is adamant and will not allow parts of the park to be removed, in order to develop tourism, which is written in a official document published on the website of the organization. According to the new management plan for Pirin National Park...
Bansko hosts the largest guidance forum for adolescents, youth, girls, men and women in Southeast Europe. In the championship will gather more than 700 athletes. Athletes are from Bulgaria, Cyprus, Turkey, Romania, Greece, Serbia, Macedonia, Croatia, Slovenia, Moldova, Montenegro and Albania. During the tournament there will be held and national championship for men and women. Traditional Cup of Bansko...
On 27-th of August starts the sixth consecutive festival for classical and opera art “Bansko Opera Fest”. This year the event will present the first three pieces in three consecutive evenings. In the first evening of classical music lovers will enjoy the ballet "Don Quixote" in adaptation of Sylvia Tomova. The story of selfless and brave Don Quixote daydreaming about travel and adventure will be...
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...
