Sun, Jul 05 2009
The daily ski card in Borovets winter resort will now cost 20 leva.
The resort decided to take down all prices towards the end of the ski season. The three-day card, enabling usage of all facilities, costs 56 leva and the six-day card is worth 104 leva.
Hotels also decreased accommodation prices. Some of them offer special summer packages to attract tourists, Focus news agency reported.
Other offers focus on Easter celebrations in Bulgaria's mountain resorts. A tourism package in Borovets hotels offers three accommodations and Easter lunch worth 113 leva per person.
Resort representatives said that Borovets tracks offer good skiing conditions and the snow coverage reached up to 150cm.
The project will be financed by the Bulgarian Bank for Development, and the Joint European Support for Sustainable Investment in City Areas, or Jessica Programme, although the report has so far failed to reveal the total cost of the vast enterprise.
The strategic plan envisages the conservation of the nature "for decades ahead", and it was formulated by a municipal team headed by professor Ivan Nikiforov, backed by Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev.
Once the overhaul and reconstruction of the Sofia–Vidin line is complete, it will cut travel time to three hours, as the train will be able to reach speeds of up to 160 km/h, shortening the journey to three hours.
Marriott however has made it clear that is not interested in investing in construction, but rather to occupy and manage existing buildings. Its strategy is to obtain management contracts.
Investors realise that it’s not viable to have a building remaining empty over the course of a year – so it's better for them to employ more flexibility to offset that loss.