Rila Monastery Nature Park Management Plan - part - usaid

February 2004
1. Provision of accommodation and food services, and other normal tourist services
(including trade of charcoal and wood for fire places for tourists to prevent
logging and pruning of trees in the Park);
2. Reconstruction, renovation and maintenance of existing, and construction of new
buildings for the needs of tourism and park management;
3. Building camp fires, sunbathing, sports games – at designated rest areas only;
4. Development of specialized tourism routes (for plant, butterfly and bird watchers,
sustainable forestry practices, geologists, mountain bikers and other special
interests);
5. Collection of wild fruits, mushrooms and medicinal plants for personal needs at
designated and marked places.
2.7.1 The High Visitor Use Sub-zone
Background and rationale
The sub-zone includes the region of the existing main entry point to the RMNP. Most
of the transportation into the entire Park territory are served through this area. This
necessitates the provision of professional services for the flow of tourists: reception,
direction, and distribution of information, depending on visitor preferences and
interests.
Purpose
To diversify the tourist experience, to provide visitors with adequate security and
safety, food services, accommodation, parking facilities, information, attractions,
sports and recreation facilities, whereby easing tourist pressure on all other Park
zones. To provide a possibility for deflecting and re-directing traditional secular
activities and amusements outside and away from sites of religious significance.
Description, physical and geographic characteristics
The sub-zone comprises the riverside terraces along Rilska River and the lower
portions of the slopes of the river valley: Eleshnitza, Pchelino and Brichebor
localities. Part of the zone comprises the territory north and south of the Iliyna River,
about 500m along the river in east direction. The total area of the sub-zone is 209.3
ha.
Regimes of the High Visitor Use Sub-zone
All human activities and acts are strictly forbidden, with the exception of those as per
Paragraph 1.1.1, the general regimes applied to the Tourist zone, and the following:
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