The travel industry in Central and Eastern Europe was built on offering budget accommodation and low-cost (and usually poor quality) services to western European...
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As snow becomes increasingly rare in some ski resorts in Central and Eastern Europe, they should learn to thrive without it. For most ski resorts in Bulgaria, Romania...
Skiing is enormously popular in Bulgaria, and its well-known resorts attract hundreds of thousands of visitors from across Europe every winter. Less well-known is that...
Travel is about to become more personal than ever. Countries, regions and cities that emphasis niche, not mass tourism, will be the winners. For almost 20 years as the...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
While it’s still not certain when emerging Europe’s ski season will begin – a consequence of Covid-19 restrictions – the region’s fans of...
Even if the EU introduces a ban on visiting ski resorts to prevent the further spread of Covid-19, many of emerging Europe’s best winter sports destinations, which...
Travel throughout emerging Europe is once again possible, albeit with some restrictions (you can check those at this enormously useful European Union website). Bulgaria...
In a time of pandemic, death and bad news, finally we have something about which we can rejoice: Bulgaria’s Pirin National Park has been saved. A new management...
Environmentalists in Bulgaria are demanding that the country appoint a professionally competent individual with a responsible attitude to nature to replace Neno Dimov...
One of the joys of life in most parts of emerging Europe has long been a guaranteed white Christmas. Not this year. The vast majority of the region has recently...
Some parts of emerging Europe are struggling with the phenomenon of over-tourism. Local, or even national government intervention may be unavoidable if we are to ensure...