LECTURERS AND STUDENTS DEVELOPED A MEMORANDUM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PILGRIMAGE TOURISM IN BULGARIA
29 September 2022
Students and lecturers from the master's degree programme in Cultural Tourism Management at VFU "Chernorizets Hrabar" together with the civil association "The truth about Stara Zagora" organised a national forum dedicated to the development of pilgrimage tourism in Bulgaria, which was held in the city of linden trees on 27 September - World Tourism Day. Professors, doctoral students and students from Bulgarian universities, leaders and managers from the tourism business, representatives of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, researchers, journalists participated in the discussions.
The students of VFU "Chernorizets Hrabar" Yanko Yankov, Asen Boyanov and Elisaveta Alexandrova-Zangelmi presented their projects to stimulate the development of pilgrimage tourism in different regions of the country. The lecturers in the Master's programme Prof. Evgeniy Sachev, D.Sc. and Assoc. Prof. Georgi Kalaglarski, PhD analysed some of the most current problems that occur upon the emergence of this particular segment of the tourism industry, as well as Bulgaria's real opportunities for becoming an attractive destination. Assoc. Prof. Georgi Kalaglarski presented the university's master's degree programme in Cultural Tourism Management, emphasising the opportunities for pilgrimage tourism to develop as a significant component in the panoply of the industry and attract millions of new admirers of our country. The student Asen Boyanov presented a special edition dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the independence of the Bulgarian Exarchy to Metropolitan Kyprian of Stara Zagora.
