Minister Angelkova had a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Construction of Croatia Predrag Štromar in Salzburg

02 October 2018

They met during the 14th Conference of the European regions and cities, which is part of the Austrian EU presidency

The Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova talked to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Construction of Croatia Predrag Štromar in Salzburg. They met during the 14th Conference of the European regions and cities, which is part of the Salzburg Summit forum held during the Austrian presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Minister Angelkova and Mr. Štromar stressed the role of the modern infrastructure for the development of tourism and the regions and they both supported the idea that tourism is a horizontal policy and in order to obtain excellent results, it is necessary to conduct teamwork with all the interested parties. The investments in infrastructure contribute to a higher added value and attracts more visitors, said Minister Angelkova. She outlined the joint efforts of the European countries to propose common routes for the tourists coming from distant markets.

Croatia is in top 50 of the inbound markets for Bulgaria as solely in August 2018, the increase in the number of Croatian tourists was 17,9% compared to the same month of the previous year, said Minister Angelkova.

She clarified that the Ministry of Tourism is working in cooperation with the Bulgarian Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works (MRDPW). In a few days, the two institutions will start a series of consultative round tables which will support the investments in the Bulgarian municipalities.

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