Minister Angelkova and her Egyptian collleague sign a memorandum on tourism cooperation in Burgas

It is an honor for me to work with the Bulgarian Minister, together we will create new jobs both in Bulgaria and Egypt, said Dr Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of Tourism of the Arab Republic

Egypt has many good tourism practices related to mechanisms to attract more visitors, especially in the wings of the season, which may also be useful in our country. This was stated by the Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova at the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Tourism of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Ministry of Tourism of the Arab Republic of Egypt with her Egyptian colleague Dr Rania Al-Mashat. The two initialed the document today in Burgas in the presence of the mayor of the city Dimitar Nikolov.

Minister Angelkova stated that the purpose of the document is to deepen friendly relations and cooperation between the two countries, as well as to create an opportunity for exchange of experience in promoting the advertisement and promotion of Bulgaria in Egypt and vice versa. The document provides the basis and outlines a concrete action plan, she further commented.

We have an idea to initiate twinning of the Egyptian city of Alexandria and Burgas, informed Minister Angelkova. She added that this is a very good start of local cooperation.

It is an honor for me to work with the Bulgarian Minister, together we will create new jobs both in Bulgaria and Egypt, said Dr Rania Al-Mashat. She also noted that given the importance of tourism in the economies of both countries, it is important to promote the development of this sector. Egypt launched a tourism program at the end of 2018 with many reforms that we are implementing and want to share with Bulgaria, said Minister Raniya Al-Mashat. She also said that European tourists in Egypt are very important and wants to see more Bulgarians there.

Burgas Mayor Dimitar Nikolov said cooperation at the local level would be interesting and partnerships would be very useful. He added that the municipality is the center with the most developed summer tourism on the Southern Black Sea coast and will enjoy the good tourism practices of both countries to be applied in our countries.