OPINION of tousrism agents in Bulgaria about the proposals for amendments in the current Forest Act (FA)

We, the members of the Association of Bulgarian Tour Operators and Travel Agents (ABTTA) and the Bulgarian Association for Alternative Tourism (BAAT), bringing together companies, whose professional territory is the tourism in Bulgaria, consider that the adoption of legislative decisions concerning the Bulgarian tourist industry without prior consultation with us - its representatives, is unacceptable. The adopting of a new law on tourism, that has been an year delayed, already gives negative fruits. The slow reaction, connected with the development in the big resorts in the past decade, has made Bulgaria the country with the lowest occupancy of the Base Bed capacity in the EU - less than 20% annually!

Translation: Iliyana Matova