The Blocks and Tackles in front of the Development of the Rural Tourism in Bulgaria Cover Image

Бариери пред развитието на селския туризъм в България
The Blocks and Tackles in front of the Development of the Rural Tourism in Bulgaria

Author(s): Marina Angelova Nikolova, Marusya Linkova
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Стопанска академия »Д. А. Ценов«
Keywords: rural tourism; alternative income; productive recesses; customary recesses

Summary/Abstract: The goal of the current research is to analyze two major points: vThe rural tourism is one of the government’s instruments for achieving strategic goals in the development of the rural tourism for the period from 2007 to 2013 ; vThere are forming productive and customary recesses in the rural for development of the rural tourism. The communes in Bulgaria are 81% in territory and 42% in population. There is disbalance in the development of the city and agricultural sectors in matter of economic and educational level, demography, access to basic services etc. Over 80% of the communes define tourism as a priority. Only 26% from the people living in the agricultural sectors work additionally – rural tourism, hobbies etc. Only 370 hosts work in the field of rural tourism. Examining the rural tourism as a limited sector of the economy (agricultural, tourism, transport etc ) allow identifying the productive and customary recesses, which on one side will satisfy major part of the government’s strategic goals for development of the agricultural sectors, and on other side will prove the rural tourism as a profitable business for Bulgaria.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 05
  • Page Range: 14-31
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Bulgarian