The Minister of Tourism Evtim Miloshev hosted a working breakfast, which he held on Saturday in the morning with the representatives of the Diplomatic Corps, guests of the opening ceremony of the summer tourism season Summer 2024. The special guest of the informal working breakfast was the President of the Republic of Bulgaria Rumen Radev, accompanied by the Secretary for Culture, Education and Tourism at the Presidential Institution and former Minister of Tourism Ilin Dimitrov. The breakfast was attended by the Minister of Health Dr. Galya Kondeva, Yordanka Chobanova – head of the Representation of the European Commission in Bulgaria, ambassadors and diplomats from over 20 foreign missions.
At the beginning of the breakfast, prepared only from traditional Bulgarian high-quality products, Minister Miloshev himself presented gastronomic details to his guests, related to the products, the regions of their origin, Bulgarian traditions, noting the well-known Bulgarian hospitality.
The official minister also sent important messages, stating that Bulgaria is ready and waiting for its tourists.
„As institutions, we are ready for a calm and safe summer. Ministry of Tourism, our institutions and control bodies are always open for assistance, so do not hesitate to contact us,“ said Minister Miloshev.
„Tourism is an emotional product, we are waiting for our tourists and as a country we will work to make them feel safe and filled with only good emotions. I want to assure you that we have a very clear task and ambitions for the state to provide all the necessary conditions and control for a successful summer season to happen.“
Bulgaria is a safe destination and country, and we live at a crossroads, and that makes us hospitable and tolerant, the minister emphasized to the diplomats.
„That is why, beyond modern understandings of a tourist product, I want to tell you – welcome here, because we carry for centuries in our DNA, in our genes hospitality,” Minister Miloshev said. He expressed the hope that our foreign guests – tourists will become the best ambassadors of the dream Bulgaria, who will take with them the memory of this heavenly corner of the land.
At the end of the breakfast, the Ambassador of Romania Brandusa Predesco thanked his kind host on behalf of everyone and predicted that in just a month from her country there will be a real invasion of Romanian tourists on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. “I am really impressed – from the food and from the gastronomic knowledge of the minister, from the taste and finesse of the selected authentic Bulgarian dishes,“ she said.
According to data from the European Tourist Commission, for the first 3 months of 2024, Bulgaria is at the head of the growth of tourists in Europe compared to 2019 according to data– a growth of 39% compared to the first 3 months of 2019.