The life of Bansko residents is directly connected to the mountains - 60% of the municipality's economy is tourism, restaurants and entertainment and sports sectors. Nearly 47% of the workers find a living in these economic activities, with even the next largest employers (the furniture industry) and agriculture having a connection to the location of Bansko and Dobrinishte and the rest ...
More »Another winter is over – DSB and the Greens once again served Yulen AD
Another winter ended with the end of another episode of the Punic War between the concessionaire of the Bansko ski area and the strange couple DSB-Greens. This year, the bacchanalia erupted around the adoption of the new management plan for Pirin Park. Before the eyes of Bulgarians, the two sides once again clashed over the now legendary gondola lift …
More »Who said that the Bulgarian mountains don't have year-round tourism?
Every winter, along with the Punic Wars around the second lift in Bansko, the first in Pamporovo and the zero lift in Vitosha, we hear the propaganda that there is no year-round tourism in the Bulgarian mountains. The understanding is instilled that in Bansko (Blagoevgrad), Pamporovo (Smolyan) and Borovets (Sofia region) some bad and stupid people invest in hotels and ski areas, …
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