Tourist misery

During the first four months of the year, international tourism activity has Svilen by 8 percent over the same period the previous year, show posted on July 2 data of the World Tourism Organization to the United Nations.

For the period January-April 2009 recorded 247 million tourist trips to 269 million during the first four months of last year.

With one-tenth is Svilen flow of tourists to Europe, American tourist flow to decline by 5 percent and to Asia by 8 percent, the data suggest the organization.

Global financial and economic crisis brought severe glabolie the tourist industry and went persepktivite for success in 2009, locked by the World Tourism Organization. If you add the barriers that set the industry and pig influenza, the picture becomes even more dark and tourism conditions more difficult to predict.

Reflux tourists not otminava home as resorts, and world’s top destinations. This situation has forced the tourism declare war for customers. While tour operators worldwide and hoteliieri to outdistance in excogitation and declaring atkraktivni offers and promotions to save the industry, home travel business refuses to take off the price, and the State Agency for Tourism (DAT) our peace, that the poor outlook for tourists not reflux come true.

Worldwide

Employment in hotels of the old continent falls dramatically, concluded the participants of the European Conference on Tourism, held in the first week of June in Prague.

During the first three months of the year reservations in most European capitals reported two-digit decreases. Stall reservations into account, even in the most visited city in the world – Paris (with 5 percent).

According to recent estimates, the tourism industry which generates profits of more than 163 billion euros per year, will fall in reported profit amounting to 3.5 percent by the end of the year.

Pressed follower income tourists prefer to shorter destinations, and the tightening budget for a vacation, they choose the cheapest options for accommodation and meals.

While demit Bulgaria, tourism business around the world react.

In his desperate attempt to attract more visitors tour operators launched various promotions, prices down sharply and made packages with special discounts.

The most attractive offers to find the rest of the island.

UK tour company Thomas Cook „(Thomas Cook) offers holidays in hotels in Turkey at prices starting from 1 liras sterling (2.5 Turkish liras) per day.

Tenders for the months of September and October in hotels in the region of Antalya, Dalaman and Bordum. The price is 10.50 liras sterling (26 Turkish liras) for two people for one weeks with breakfast included.

The company has recourse to this option to reduce its losses in terms of crisis and to fill seats in planes to Turkish resorts.

HostelBookers website provides accommodation for the British symbolic sum of five cents in five major European hotel. Offer is valid for 6 – July 10, 2009 as a reservation must be made of 1 to June 5. The promotion is part of initiatives to stimulate the British to travel despite the crisis.

Recently another European city – Berlin, offer a wide range of opportunities for recreation in an attempt to attract more tourists in terms of crisis. This summer guests of the German capital have a wide choice how to allocate resources that are available for your vacation.

The campaign, called „calculator Berlin, combines multiple-day weekend programs suitable for every pocket.

Tourists can choose between a two-day program including a champagne breakfast for 377 dollars and another that offers a few free glasses of wine.

Tourists may choose between renting a limo for 637 dollars or go to salsa lessons for … 0 dollars.

Even neighboring Macedonia has taken us activities to promote tourism, with billboards placed in several European countries (Bulgaria, Albania, Slovenia and Serbia). The project, entitled „Macedonia – where the sun shine forever“ aims to attract tourists to visit Macedonia this summer.

In our

No serious grounds for concern for the failure of the season, says chairman of the State Tourism Agency Anelia Krushkova.

The crisis is felt mostly in reduced staff recreational facilities and lower wages that employees receive, rest of the field.

From the Institute for analysis and assessment in tourism, however, expect 5-reflux percentage of foreigners in the summer, which will reflect on earnings: rather than the expected 2.4 billion euros will be generated 1.9 billion euros.

Bulgaria is the third worst tourist destinations in the world ranking as the legal firm Irwin Mitchell, which deals with legal action against the travel agencies.

Creativity does not miss – the question is how effective.

Coupons for 10% discount in hotels in Albena Primorsko and throughout the summer season has to offer its customers Bulgarian Posts Plc at the beginning of June. After purchasing a card citizens can use all the discount hotels in Albena and Primorsko. Coupons are worth $ 10 and can be purchased from all post offices. Interesting idea, but the general background of pale bezhaberie, moreover, it is naive to expect that tourists will vturnat to buy discounts of 10% for specific resorts, provided that attractive offers for holidays in Greece and Turkey for example, is royat every day.

Reason for optimism government decisions are taken to ease the procedures for issuing visas already given results. For example, until this year one of the biggest problems for the Russian market had visa difficulties which caused a series of conflicts between Russian tour operators and our Foreign Ministry. Since the beginning of the year were issued to approximately 26% more visas for Russian tourists in our country compared to the previous period last year, commented to the Monitor Consul in Moscow Nikolay Panayotov.

However, should not forget that the crisis is a chance for deletion speculative period in Bulgarian tourism. However hard still refuses to go.

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