Balkan Holidays: Bulgaria winter bookings up 35%
2007-09-19 10:00:00
Tour operator Balkan Holidays said the number of British tourists that visited Bulgaria's ski resorts Bansko, Borovets and Pamporovo during the '05-'06 winter season rose 35% to 25,000, said Ilia Chuturkov, the company's marketing and advertising manager. Some 165,000 Britons booked vacations in Bulgaria last year through Balkan Holidays, up 50% y/y. Earlier this year, the company reported a 3-4% dip in bookings for the upcoming summer season.