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TOURISM AND RELATED SERVICES IN BULGARIA rently, Bulgaria has one of the lowest corporate tax tariffs in Europe. Since this is an area of competitive advantage, the incentives should be aimed somewhere else. They must be directed towards improving and ensuring the infrastructure. Subsidies, grants or credits under better terms could be given to companies that want to enhance the qualification of their employees, etc. The report contains also an analysis of the countries that have made substantial investments in Bulgaria in the past and that are potential sources of investment in the three target sectors. The target countries - sources of investment are: Greece, Italy, the USA, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Great Britain, Switzerland, and France. Spanish Economic and Commercial Office of the Spanish Embassy in Sofia 16
TOURISM AND RELATED SERVICES IN BULGARIA 2. OVERVIEW 2.1. DEFINITION AND DESCRIPTION OF EACH SECTOR Bulgaria’s Tourism Act has been in force since October 2002, with subsequent amendments made in December 2002, May 2004, April 2005, May 2005, Nov 2005, and December 2005. The law settles the public affairs connected with the implementation of management and control in tourism, interaction of the state and the municipalities, as well as the participation of non-profit corporate bodies and individuals in these activities. The state policy in tourism is determined by the Council of Ministers. The objective of the law is to: • Provide conditions for development of tourism as a priority branch; • Introduce unified criteria for the practices of tourism; • Provide protection of the users of the tourist product; • Determine the rights and obligations of the persons related to tourism; • Stipulate the control over the tourist activities and the quality of the tourist product. The law regulates tourism as a combination of specific economic activities, trips, participation in cultural events, forums and others, carried out on tourist sites and directed toward creation, offering, implementation and consumption of commodities and services forming the tourist product. Tourist activities are: • Tour operation activity and tour agency activity; • Hotel and restaurant keeping; • Providing additional tourist services. Tour operator's activity is the organizing of group or individual travels trips with common price and sale of travels directly and/or through tourist agent under contract and voucher to end user. Tourist agent's activity is the fulfillment of mediation in: sales of organized trips, passenger aviation, water and bus transportation; reservation, visa, guiding and other additional tourist services, as well as insurance related to the tourist trip. Hotel keeping is the provision of tourist services in all kinds of categorized under Spanish Economic and Commercial Office of the Spanish Embassy in Sofia 17
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