Bulgarian Consul Service in Moscow issues 100,000th tourist visa for 2007
08 Aug 2007

The Bulgarian consular service in Moscow has issued its 100,000th tourist visa since the beginning of the year. This special visa was issued free-of-charge, reported the Bulgarian National Radio.

The number of visas issued at the consulate in Russia has increased in 2007. It is expected that the number of tourist visas issued by the Bulgarian consulate in Novosibirsk alone will reach the total number of entrance visas issued across the country in 2006.

Since the beginning of 2007, the St Petersburg consulate has issued 31 000 visas.

Anelia Kroushkova, Head of the State Agency for Tourism (SAT), is currently on a working visit to Russia to promote tourism in Bulgaria. This is the first visit in 15 years by a senior Bulgarian state official to the regions east of Ural.

Source: sofiaecho.com