2019 will be the year of Bulgarian tourism for Russia


The Russian Federation will determine 2019 as the year of Bulgarian tourism. This was announced by the Ministry of Tourism after a working visit to the capital Moscow.


Every year Russia indicates a destination that will be preferred by their tourists. Winning the title “European Capital of Culture” in Plovdiv in 2019 is one of the reasons why Moscow has dedicated the new 12 months to Bulgarian tourism. Bulgaria is actively working to further increase the number of holidaymakers from the Russian side in Bulgaria. Despite the aggressive pricing policy of Turkish resorts, the Bulgarian Black Sea coast shows a very slight decline of the groups from Russia - only 3%, data from the Ministry of Tourism show.

They emphasized that the traditionally strong interest of the Russians in the Bulgarian resorts is mostly due to the price-quality ratio.