A joint working group of experts from the Ministry of Tourism, the Ministry of Agriculture and Business will begin working on the development of wine tourism. This became known at the round table “Prospects for the development of wine tourism. Wine as part of the Bulgarian tourism product”, organized by the Bulgarian Ministry of Tourism.
In his greeting to the participants, Minister of Tourism Hristo Prodanov emphasized that this is the first large-scale discussion on the topic. According to him, wine tourism as part of the tourism industry is extremely important for the country to develop sustainable four-season tourism and a year-round destination. There are more than 200 wineries in Bulgaria. “This discussion is the beginning of the creation of a wine tourism development plan, which will be developed jointly with the Ministry of Agriculture and other institutions. The state and representatives of wine-making organizations will create a working group to work on the topic,” Minister Prodanov announced.
Addressing the participants, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Momchil Nekov emphasized the need to protect wine tourism as an intangible cultural heritage. He added that 130 winemakers have been identified who have made their wineries suitable for wine tourism. The goal is to divide them into eight protected geographical indication wine regions with their own promotional features.
Based on: rus.bg