Bulgaria is considering ways to reduce the cost of visas for Russians
As reported by the Association of tour operators of Russia (ATOR), told the Ambassador to Moscow Boyko Kotsev.
In addition, visas for children under the age of 16 can become completely free.
Kotzev also added that today we are examining a number of measures that will reduce the price of tickets.
According to the Minister of tourism of Bulgaria Stela Bastovoi, Russia today occupies the fourth place in terms of tourist arrivals to the country. So, in 2016, Bulgaria rested 584 thousand Russian travelers (19 percent more than in 2015). “Russia is a strategic generating market for tourism of Bulgaria, the whole of the large hotel complexes are only receiving tourists from Russia,” said Baltova.
Executive Director ATOR Maya Lomidze added that this year the demand for recreation is growing in Bulgaria. At the early stage of booking the number of applications increased by 10 percent compared to last year.
In may 2016, Bulgaria has reduced the processing time for a visa for Russians to two days. A few months before this country began to issue three-year multiple visas, and from 1 January 2016 have reduced the cost of registration of documents from 35 to 10 euros.