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People travelling to Sunny Beach

In winter, Borovets, Bansko and Pamporovo are ski resorts. There are summer resorts on the Black Sea at Sozopol, Nessebur, Golden Sands, Sunny Beach, Sveti Vlas, Albena, St. St. Constantine & Helena and many others. Spa resorts such as Bankya, Hisarya, Sandanski, Velingrad, Varshets and many others are popular all over the year.

Bulgaria is becoming an attractive destination because of the quality of the resorts and prices below those found in Western Europe.

A research over the past three years shows that 50% of the visitors arrive in Bulgaria in the peak summer months, with only 14% visiting between January and March. The peak season on the Black Sea coast lies between April and October, with letting in the ski resorts strongest between December and March.

Even though the Black Sea coast is an established tourist area, with resorts such as Sunny Beach attracting tourists since the late 1950’s, it has recently become one of the fastest growing summer tourist destinations in Europe. So fast growing in fact that last year demands for tourist beds outstripped supply by 20%. In 2004, Bulgaria attracted impressively high numbers of visitors.