Zaritza Dinkova: Security for our foreign tourists is of core importance

The Minister of Tourism was on an official visit to the Spanish Confederation of Business Organisations

‘We are following with concern and attention what is happening in Israel, the Bulgarian government has taken timely action for the security of Israeli tourists in our territory. This attitude is key for all our foreign visitors. Bulgaria is a safe tourist destination.’ This is what Tourism Minister Zaritza Dinkova said during a working meeting with the Director of International Relations and Cooperation, Marta Blanco, from the Spanish Confederation of Business Organisations (CEOE) and her colleagues in the tourism sector.

‘Only by deepening cooperation together within Schengen will we contribute to increasing security within the Union,’ Minister Dinkova was adamant.

Bulgaria ranks among the countries with the fastest recovery of inbound tourism, Dinkova added. ‘Our country has a tourism potential that does not only include the sea. We have unique mountains, remains of fortresses from Thracian and Roman times.’

Huge, but not fully realized potential have eco, adventure, wine and culinary and golf tourism, Minister Dinkova stressed.

She added that Bulgaria and Spain could cooperate in a number of areas of mutual interest in the field of tourism. Marta Blanco also showed interest in the Black Sea Municipalities Financing Programme, which for the first time applies a partnership instrument with businesses, municipalities, tour operators and airports and takes decisive steps to restore confidence to work together. ‘I see that Bulgaria and Spain share common challenges in the areas of digitalization, destination sustainability and the promotion of tourism in both countries as year-round destinations,’ Marta Blanco said.

The meeting was also attended by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Kingdom of Spain Aleksey Andreev.