More than 27 thousand companies work in the tourism sector. This was announced by the Minister of Economy and Industry Nikola Stojanov during the ceremony of awarding the annual awards of the Ministry of Tourism.
According to him, the sector is already recovering, having reached the levels of before the covid epidemic. “In the last two years we have learned hard lessons and had to go through a series of crises. One of the most important things we have become convinced of is that investments in innovation and digitalization can pay off the fastest and are the ones that make us competitive,” Nikola Stojanov stressed.
He also commented that tourism is a very important sector for the Bulgarian economy and the successes are due to the hard work and efforts of the employees, who Minister Stojanov defined as one of our important ambassadors abroad. He congratulated the Minister of Tourism Ilin Dimitrov and his team for the work done in recent months, as well as the companies for the increasingly better results they are reporting.
The Minister of Economy presented the award in the professional category “Innovation” to the company “Travel Line Bulgaria” for “Bulgaria RoomMix Innovation 2022” – an innovation created for a new level of technological possibilities for higher efficiency of accommodation.
The Annual Tourism Awards are held for the seventh consecutive year. The ceremony was attended by the President of the Republic of Bulgaria Rumen Radev, MPs, ministers, ambassadors, mayors, representatives of the academic community, business, tourism organizations, media and others.