Economic-Geographical Aspects of Development of International Tourism in Bulgaria
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1999
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Bulgaria is one of the South-eastern European countries, in which the tourist activity in the last years has developed substantially. The economic-geographical study of recreational resources and economic activity and the evaluation of their their rational usage in Bulgaria may have practical significance for consideration of organizational-methodical problems of realization of the recreational potential in Azerbaijan. I have for this reason undertaken an investigation of the Bulgarian tourist industry, aiming at a comparative evaluation of the tourist potentialities of Azerbaijan.
Bulgaria possesses favourable recreational resources. The premises for development of seaside recreation are significant. Of the 378 kms. of the Black Sea coast in Bulgaria about 100 kms. Have beaches with quartz sands. The northern and central parts of the coast are specially well endowed with beaches of considerable size. The general beach areas constitute 7 million. sq. meters, and with allowance for 16 million sq. meters of dunes this roughly accounts for the ability of the Bulgarian coasts to accept in a season (120-150 days) 5-6 million visitors, and in the peak weeks 0.7-0.9 million people recreating on the coast. The recreational resources of the inland regions in Bulgaria have been utilized to a much lesser degree than the seaside, though in Bulgaria there are good conditions for development of inland tourism as well; 28.2 % of the country's territory are mountains, from which 2,5 % are in a high-mountainous belt higher than 1600 m. above sea level. The duration of the possible recreation season in the mountains constitutes 210-240 days, making a profit of the needed infrastructure investments reasonably secure. In Bulgaria there is an impressive material and technical basis for tourism. But this material and technical basis have a rather uneven geographical distribution, about 60 % is concentrated in the seaside districts, the concentration in large resort complexes is characteristic such as : 'Golden sands', 'Albena', 'Sunny beaches ' etc. According to the forecasts, in year 2000 the number of hotel rooms on the coast will reach 470 thousand.
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Book of abstracts : AESOP PhD workshop 1999, Finse, Depertment of Geography Univeristy of Bergen, Norway
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