The Palace complex in the Bulgarian Black Sea town of Balchik hosted more than 400000 visitors in 2010, according to a management press release issued on 6th April.
Balchik Palace – or Dvoretsa – was built in 1924 by Queen Maria of Romania at a time when the region of Southern Dobrudzha was part of Romania (1918-1940). It was subsequently integrated with the Balchik Botanical Gardens to create one of the most famous tourist sites on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast.
The Balchik Botanical Garden was established in 1940. It has an area of 65,000 square metres and accommodates more than 2000 plant species belonging to 85 families and 200 species. In May 2010, a government decision was made to transfer the Garden's management from Bulgaria's Sofia University, St Kliment Ohridski, to the Ministry of Culture, which caused a long-running battle between the two institutions. Earlier on Wednesday, however, the University won back its right to manage the Gardens.
A record number of tourists visited the Balchik Palace complex in August 2010, announced the Director, Toshko Gyaurov, on Wednesday. "This amounted to 40% of the year's total visitors ..." he continued "... and this helped us to generate revenues of BGN 2.5million in 2010."
Director Gyaurov said that BGN 4million has been invested in the complex over the past 5 years and that a further BGN 280,000 has been allocated for maintenance and infrastructure development of Dvoretsa and the adjacent beach before the 2011 summer tourist season starts. On this basis, it is expected that every month in the summer of 2011 will be just as successful for the Balchik complex as was August 2010.
Balchik Palace – or Dvoretsa – was built in 1924 by Queen Maria of Romania at a time when the region of Southern Dobrudzha was part of Romania (1918-1940). It was subsequently integrated with the Balchik Botanical Gardens to create one of the most famous tourist sites on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast.
The Balchik Botanical Garden was established in 1940. It has an area of 65,000 square metres and accommodates more than 2000 plant species belonging to 85 families and 200 species. In May 2010, a government decision was made to transfer the Garden's management from Bulgaria's Sofia University, St Kliment Ohridski, to the Ministry of Culture, which caused a long-running battle between the two institutions. Earlier on Wednesday, however, the University won back its right to manage the Gardens.
A record number of tourists visited the Balchik Palace complex in August 2010, announced the Director, Toshko Gyaurov, on Wednesday. "This amounted to 40% of the year's total visitors ..." he continued "... and this helped us to generate revenues of BGN 2.5million in 2010."
Director Gyaurov said that BGN 4million has been invested in the complex over the past 5 years and that a further BGN 280,000 has been allocated for maintenance and infrastructure development of Dvoretsa and the adjacent beach before the 2011 summer tourist season starts. On this basis, it is expected that every month in the summer of 2011 will be just as successful for the Balchik complex as was August 2010.
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