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High rents forces establishments on Bourgas waterfront to stay closed

Tue, May 12 2009 13:16 CET byNick Iliev 1008 Views 4 Comments
High rents forces establishments on Bourgas waterfront to stay closed

Photo: Tsvetelina Angelova

A large number of the seaside establishments in Bourgas' waterfront park will not open for business this summer because the city hall rent demands were unreasonably high, Kiril Panayotov, head of the union of establishment owners in the park, said.

Currently, of the 26 bars, restaurants and pubs in the park, only three are open for business. The main problem stated by the owners is that the municipality has raised the rent several times over what it was last season. Rates at the moment go for 35 leva a sq m, meaning that one establishment will have to pay between 6000 and 7000 leva of monthly rent, depending on the size.

"The municipality insists that we cover the expenses even for the months that we are closed, the off-season from October until April," Panayotov said, as quoted by website investor.bg.

"Those demands are simply impossible for us to meet, and if the situation is not remedied, most of our colleagues will not open, and the business sector will suffer".

The owners' union hopes that the municipality will come to terms with their reasoning, reconsider their rates and not oblige them to pay over a third of the rent for the months during which the establishments remained closed off season, he said.

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Anonymous peterM Sun, May 17 2009 06:54 CET
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Bulgaria needs to promote it's tourism in other countries. Like the America's and Canada...etc..
Bulgaria is beautiful. Not many people even know a country called "Bulgaria".(in america)haha!

Anonymous mouldy Wed, May 13 2009 11:54 CET
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Bulgaria must take advantage of tourism sector its there life blood.

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Anonymous Mikael Tue, May 12 2009 22:06 CET
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Is there really no qualified tourism chief in Sunny Beach, which can control the Sunny Beach?
If now the city wants, as they say focus on the more wealthy tourists, so it may be useful to keep the shops open in order to spend their money.

Anonymous Raptor Tue, May 12 2009 16:37 CET
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The usual Bulgarian mess..!!

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