In the half-day teach-discuss forum the following topics will be viewed: The world tendencies in adventure tourism, development of hospitality in mountain lodges, the camps in “Natura 2000”, restriction or concentration of the cable cars in ski zones, as well as widening or reshaping of the preserved areas.
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PROGRAM:
8:30 – 9:00 Registration
9:00- 9:30 Grand Opening
- Lyubomir Popyordanov, president of the Bulgarian Association for Alternative Tourism
- Irena Georgieva, deputy-minister, Ministry of Tourism
- Tony Krastev, executive director of Executive Forest Agency
- Tsvetan Simeonov, president of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
9:25-10:00 Panel 1 – Look at the world's experience
“French experience: at least two good reasons to develop the sustainable tourism in the Bulgarian mountains” – Stephane Robert /expert in th esustainable development and bioagriculture to the Minister of the agriculture and food)
- “Tendencies in the world adventure tourism, what stays ahead for Bulgaria” - Gergana Nikolova (Adventure Travel and Trade Association (ATTA))
- “Return to authentic camping, camp-sites in places part of Natura 2000” - Axel Pennin (manager, Huttopia & Cie, France)
10:00 – 10:30 Panel 2 – Tourism in Preserved Areas
- “Natural Parks and the concept of sustainable tourism – experience from Vratsa Balkan” - Nikolay Nenchev (director of Aadministration Vratsa Balkan)
- “Challenges to winter tourism in Bulgaria and the climate changes” - Andrey Ralev (Transperent Mountains) and George Stefanov ( WWF expert)
- “On the edge of preserving the natural habitats of wild animals and development of ecotourism” - Elena Tsingarska ( coordinator of natural preservation centre “Vlahi”, expert in the Union Of Wild Nature “Balkans”).
10:30-11:00 – Panel 3 – Tourism business in the mountains and the Preserved Areas of Bulagria
- Challenges and opportunities to the mountain tourism in Bulgaria – Lyubomir Popyordanov ( owner of touroperator Odisseya – in)
- “What kind of tourism in the preserved areas?” - Vasil Todev (founder of Union “Baykariya”)
- “Ecotourism in the preserved areas – problems and perspectives” - Nikolay Dilchev (owner of touroperator Pandion Wild Tours)
11:00-11:20 – Coffee break
11:20-12:30 – Group discussions
12:30 – 12:50 Results from the discussions
Speech by a representative of the French Cultural Institute
12:50 - “Villa Yustina – winery at the foot of the Rhodopa mountain” and a glass of wine
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO THE MOUNTAIN TOURISM AND THE PRESERVED AREAS IN BULGARIA – 5TH INTERNATIONAL THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL CONFERENCE
