Tourism Cluster in Sofia, Bulgaria

*Discussed dialogue options related to Council of Ministers draft amendments to the Tourism Law with Elina Kirova of BHROA; *The group contributed to the national meeting on Problems and Prospects of Bulgarian Tourism; *Six tourism sector meetings were held: three in preparation for Martin Webber's and Kevin Murphy's visit and three in the period November-December (11th and 23rd of November, and 12th December). The group was diverse; it involved two industry leaders (one in packaged …

…on the program and speakers of Bulgaria Tourism Forum; *Prepared Alvin Rosenbaum's visit to Bulgaria, briefing him in Washington DC on the general background and peculiarities of Bulgarian tourism; *Accompanied Alvin Rosenbaum to the Elena Melnik and on all of his meetings with industry stakeholders; *Together with Alvin Rosenbaum developed a description of important issues and opportunities facing the tourism cluster; *Gave a presentation on Bulgarian tourism at the Bulgaria Tourism Forum and BCE conference;