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TOURISM AND RELATED SERVICES IN BULGARIA<br />

Yulen AD<br />

Bansko, the ski resort town located some 160 km south of Bulgaria's capital Sofia,<br />

could have a second gondola lift, said city mayor Alexander Kravarov. The initiative<br />

belongs to Yulen AD, the company that operates the resort town's skiing facilities<br />

under a concession arrangement. The Bansko municipality has earmarked a 3.0 ha<br />

land plot for the construction of the ski lift. The Project will be in development for at<br />

least 2 years.<br />

5.2. FOREIGN PRODUCTION AND MAIN SUPPLIERS<br />

Some of the biggest foreign tour operator operating on the Bulgarian market or having<br />

a long-term co-operation with the biggest Bulgarian tour-operators are: TUI,<br />

Thomas Cook, Iberotel, RIU, Iberostar, ITS, LTU, BG Tours, 1-2-Fly, Kur Club, My<br />

Travel, Apollo, Lomamatkat (Scandinavian countries), Jet Air, Arke, Sunsnacks,<br />

AquaTour, Prodin Tour, Starter, Plein Vent (France), Neva, Solvex, Balkanexpress<br />

(Russia), First Choice, BalkanHolidays, Balkan Tours Ir, JMC (U.K.), Cedok, Wicomt<br />

(Czech Republic), Magic Travel (Yugoslavia), Bolkan Air Travel - Bucharest (Romania),<br />

Robinson Tours (Hungary), Hotelplan, Imholz, Vogele, Kuoni (Switzerland).<br />

Thomas Cook<br />

Tour operator Thomas Cook has added 15 new Bulgarian hotels to its summer '06<br />

portfolio, announced the company's local agent, Elit Tours. That brings the number<br />

of partner hotels to 95. Most of the new entries are from Sunny Beach and Golden<br />

Sands sea resorts. Some 150,000 German holiday-makers visited Bulgaria in '05.<br />

Irish tour operators<br />

Bulgaria has been included in the destination portfolios of a dozen Irish tour operators,<br />

including Top Flight, Falcon, JWT, Concorde, Budget Travel, Panorama, C-I-E<br />

Tours Int'l, Eastern Discovery, Golden Explorer and Aegean. Some 29,000 Irish tourists<br />

visited the country in '05, up 100% from prevoius year. The number of Danish<br />

companies selling Bulgaria as a holiday destination has also increased, going from<br />

15 to 17 after the recent tourism bourse in Copenhagen. The number of Danish<br />

tourists rose from 53,000 in '04 to 72,000 last year.<br />

PrimaSol<br />

Hotel complex Sineva in the resort of Sveti Vlas, on the Black Sea, has become part<br />

of German hotel chain PrimaSol. The hotel is listed in the summer catalogues of<br />

PrimaSol and tour operator ITS, both owned by German concern Rewe. Previously,<br />

PrimaSol managed the Sunlight complex, comprising the Sunrise and Excelsior hotels,<br />

in the resort of Golden Sands, and the Ralitsa and Ralitsa Superior hotels in the<br />

resort of Albena. Sineva consists of the four-star 124-room Sineva Beach and the<br />

three-star Sineva park with 92 rooms. The hotels amenities include shops, gyms, a<br />

hairdresser's parlour, a tennis court and a mini golf course.<br />

Spanish Economic and Commercial Office of the Spanish Embassy in Sofia 65

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