Balgarianovinite.com Bulgaria’s Government has launched an initiative to strengthen cultural and tourism cooperation with Turkiye, seeking to attract more Turkish visitors through gastronomy, heritage sites and new travel routes, Hurriyet Daily News said on Saturday.
“The administration of Prime Minister Rumen Radev, which came to power last month [May], has identified tourism promotion as a key area for closer ties with Turkiye. Bulgarian authorities have begun preparations for a major campaign, with Greece’s 2.7 million visitors in 2025 serving as a benchmark for the country’s tourism ambitions,” the daily wrote.
Bulgarian Culture Minister Evtim Miloshev said Turkish tourists represent a major potential market, particularly due to their interest in food culture and historical destinations. He said Bulgaria aims to make sites such as Heraclea Sintica, the ancient Serdika ruins in central Sofia and Roman remains in Plovdiv more appealing to Turkish travelers.
“Bulgaria is close, accessible and friendly. However, today, our country is offering something new. New routes, newly discovered cultural heritage sites and archaeological findings that are changing the story of the region. Visitors will see a Bulgaria that is both familiar and surprisingly new,” Miloshev said, as quoted by the daily.
In recent years, Turkish visitors have ranked among the country’s leading foreign tourist groups, with more than 2.4 million Turks traveling to Bulgaria in 2025 overall, according to official data, including cultural trips, winter tourism, shopping and short holidays.
Meanwhile, a monument commemorating the 1989 forced migration of ethnic Turks from Bulgaria was opened in Corlu, in Turkiye’s northwestern province of Tekirdag, one of the regions where many migrants settled after arriving in Turkiye. Bulgaria Launches Tourism Initiative to Attract Turkish Visitors, Hurriyet Daily News Reports 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-06-21 06:12:56 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law