Bansko Ski Resort Bulgaria

First Choice to push Bansko in Britain
Dnevnik Daily, 25th May 2006 

Tour operator First Choice plans to increase 10 times the number of Bansko ski holidays sold on the British market for the ‘06-’07 winter season, said the company’s local representative Bogdan Hristov. Around 350 Britons booked skiing vacations in Bansko last season.

The First Choice catalogue includes 5 hotels in Bansko and one in the nearby city of Razlog. Bansko is market as a skiing destination in Britain also by Balkan Holidays-London, Thomson and Thomas Cook.
 

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More British Tourists visited the Bulgarian Winter Resorts
The Sofia Echo, 21st April 2006 

Balkan Holidays tourism agency registered a 35 per cent increase in the number of British tourists who visited Bulgarian winter ski resorts, including Bansko.

More than 25 000 people arrived in Bulgaria, using the services of the company, Dnevnik newspaper reported. For the 2004-2005 season Balkan Holidays registered a 70 per cent increase in tourist figures, compared to the numbers for the previous season.

Company representatives said the new infrastructure and hotels in leading ski resorts like Bansko, Borovets and Pamporovo naturally increased the interest of foreign tourists.

Dnevnik reports Balkan Holidays is one of the leading companies on the British market, managing to bring high number of foreign tourists to Bulgaria. In 2005, the company attracted more than 165 000 British tourists, interested in both summer and winter tourism opportunities.

In the beginning of this year the company registered a slight decrease varying of three to four per cent. Other companies also complained from the lower interest toward summer vacation opportunities in Bulgaria.

Balkan Holidays managing director Radka Mineva said many British tourists wait for last-minute offers. These become available in July and August. The British market is well-known for early reservations and the development is unusual, Mineva said.

During the November WTM tourism fair in London Balkan Holidays received an award in the category tourism agency to European destinations. It also received a BMI Travel Award 2005 for best agency from Central and Eastern Europe. 
 
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Bansko ski resort plans building airport for Boeing 737 and Airbus
Bulgarian News Network, 11th July 2006

The southern Bulgarian municipality of Bansko plans to build an inner airport that will

accept planes from EU countries, news.bg announced on Tuesday.

The mayor of Bansko Alexander Kravarov took part in a forum on airport projects where had

talks with US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) representatives and officials from the

Trade department of the US Embassy in Bulgaria.

The airport construction that may accept Boeing 737 and Airbus was discussed, news.bg

added.

If the project is approved USTDA will grant leva (BGN) 300,000 (EUR 153,093; US$ 195,045)

for pre-project researches and economic analyses, the Bansko municipality announced.
 
Such an airport will support the further tourism development and will give broader

perspectives for the entire region.

The Municipality that hosts one of the most famous ski resorts in Bulgaria plans to

participate in the next conference of that type in Croatia.

Bansko will invest about BGN 10 million (EUR 5.1 million; US$ 6.5 million) in the

construction of new infrastructure in the resort, Kravarov announced in December 2005.

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Welcome to Ski in Bansko

Having bought a ski apartment in Bansko, Bulgaria I thought it would be a good idea to get some exposure for my apartment. I work full-time as an internet marketer so it came second nature to me to set up a website or two in order to promote my new place.

The three bed apartment I bought is in Redenka Holiday Club. It is an off-plan property and is due for completion in December 2006.

Bansko is an up and coming ski resort in Bulgaria and the investment in this area looks good for the future.

I hope to update this site regularly with info on Bansko & skiing in Bulgaria in general.