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Bansko, in the Pirin Mountains in south-western Bulgaria, has opened more than 150 accommodation buildings since December last year, local authorities announced during the launch of the summer tourism season on May 22. The list of tourist facilities includes large and medium-sized hotels and small guest houses, as well as residential buildings sold as second homes or investment apartments mainly to foreigners. The town offers more than 7000 beds to tourists at present and a number of other hotels and guest houses are found in the nearby towns and villages.

 Bulgaria and Greece will pool efforts together to bring the ancient Thracian sanctuary of Perperikon to new life.

Bulgaria will see the building of a new winter resort near Smolyan in the Rhodope Mountains.

More than 150 new hotels, guest houses and holiday complexes were registered between December 2005 and May 2006 in Bulgarian ski resort town Bansko, in the Pirin mountain.

The InvestBulgaria Agency issued Friday a First Class Investor certificate to local company Sports and Tourism Center Perelik for its investment project of the same name.

Japanese will distil Bulgarian brandy and will make rose petal jam together with their hosts from the Kazanlak villages (central Bulgaria). Tourists from Japan can also enjoy themselves by picking herbs and preparing natural cosmetic products at home. Eleven houses in the Kazanlak area are prepared to welcome the first Japanese tourists under the joint project for development of rural tourism, announced officials from the Kazanlak Municipality.

Brussels has given a go-ahead to the construction of the second Bulgarian bridge over the Danube River, by approving the tender documentation.

 Starting May 15 coastal construction in Sunny Beach resort will be forbidden.

"If you're committed to a trip to the Continent, consider countries that are still emerging as tourist destinations such as Romania and Bulgaria instead of heavily in-demand France and Italy," USA Today advised American travellers.

Russian company Lalov Egrek has kicked off the construction of a 6 mln euro diving center on the territory of the Tsarevo municipality, on the Black Sea.