During the winter season will be hired at least 5,000 people in the municipalities of Bansko and Razlog. So workers will be employed in hotels, restaurants, shops and services in both winter resort. People across the country find their livelihoods at the foot of the Pirin and Rila mountains. Most, however, are employed by businessman from the Pirin region, where will drop the unemployment rate. This...
15% growth in tourists in Bansko during the summer season compared with last year reported hoteliers from the resort. "That is good news. Moreover, in the summer dozen major hotels closed doors. But operating small family complexes owned by Bansko citizens. Festivals, which the municipality organized, contributed significantly growth of tourist flow this year." said the mayor Georgi Ikonomov. The mayor...
“Kempinski Grand Arena Bansko" was awarded again for "Bulgaria's Leading Spa Resort” on the 22 World Travel Awards. Voting took place online on the official website of the organization and was open for professionals of tourism, and for visitors of the hotel. The hotel is now eight times winner of the prestigious award, and added to its growing list of international awards. Winning first prize in 2005,...
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...
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...
