Albena resort: Bulgarian Tourism Calls for Facilitated Visa Regime
Representatives of the Balkan Alliance of Hotel Associations (BAHA) called for facilitated visa regime for Balkan countries. BAHA met for its first session in Bulgaria’s Albena seaside resort, Darik Radio reported. Head of the Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association (BHRA) Blagoi Ralin said the issuing of tourist visas should occur at the borders, the way this was done in Albania. Macedonia’s deputy economy minister Sasho Andonovski said that BAHA could request the introduction of a facilitated visa regime for all member countries of the association. Bulgaria would soon have its consulates in Macedonia and Serbia, which would make the travel of tourists and businessmen easier, Bulgarian Deputy Foreign Minister Evgenia Koldanova said. National policies toward Russia, Ukraine and Moldova were similar at the moment, Koldanova said. Koldanova said that since Bulgaria was soon to become an EU outer border state, it accepted some engagements concerning visas that needed to be followed. EU regulations could make the removal of visa restrictions in the Balkan region difficult, Koldanova said.
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