Bulgaria to issue 300 thousand visas in Russia this year

For the first six months of this year the tourist flow to Bulgaria grew by 23.6% compared to the same period of the previous year and reached 169.5 thousand people – reports the Press Service of the Ministry of Economy, Power and Tourism of the Republic of Bulgaria.

The Ministry records a 42% increase year-on-year in demand for tourist visas in Russia, and compared to 2009 the number of application grew by as much as 100%. If the growth keeps its pace the total number of visas issued in 2011 can exceed 300 thousand. At that the number of visas issued in Moscow amounts to one half of all the visas issued by Bulgarian Consulates all over the world.

According to the Ministry’s data an average Russian tourists stays in Bulgaria for 12 nights.