Summer 2023 tourist season officially opened

With the wish for a cloudless, happy and successful summer, the caretaker Minister of Tourism, Dr. Ilin Dimitrov, declared the SUMMER 2023 season open on May 21.

The official opening took place in the "Saints Constantine and Helena" resort on Bulgaria’s northern Black Sea coast.

The celebration is also the culmination of the solemn celebration of the 115th anniversary since the founding of the resort "Saints Constantine and Helena".

The opening ceremony was attended by the caretaker Ministers of Regional Development and Public Works Ivan Shishkov, of Health Dr. Assen Medzhidiev, of Energy Rossen Hristov, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Georgi Sabev, Deputy Ministers of Tourism Irena Georgieva and prof. Mariela Modeva, His Eminence Metropolitan John of Varna and Great Preslav, the Governor of Varna Region Mario Smurkov, the Deputy Mayor of Varna Kosta Bazitov, diplomats, many guests, officials and representatives of the tourism industry.

"We are in an extraordinary place, green, with beautiful beaches, healing climate, wonderful modern infrastructure and high-category hotels," said Minister Dimitrov.

He congratulated the hosts and the management of the seaside resort - the executive directors Elena Koseva and Ivelina Shaban and presented them with an icon of the holy Equal Apostles Constantine and Helena and a diploma "for their overall contribution to the sustainable development of the region as a year-round destination for seaside and specialised tourism and their commitment to the initiative to position and promote the destination and Brand Bulgaria".

Minister Dimitrov stressed that apart from its attractiveness for its modern vision and good management, the place is saturated with history and magic. There are legends that as early as the 14th century a monastic brotherhood lived here, and then the monastery of the same name and the first vineyard were established, which can be said to be the beginning of modern wine tourism in the region.

"Our ancestors also talked about expanding the wings of the season as early as the 1930s, a topic we haven't stopped talking about since. They have tried to do it - by offering healing and spa treatments," Minister Dimitrov stressed.

Among the most curious facts is that the first "hotel" in the area that gave the resort its name became the wine school, the classrooms of which have been renovated and adapted to receive tourists.

Minister Dimitrov recalled that the first high-ranking resort guest in the 19th century after the Liberation was the Bulgarian Prince Alexander I Battenberg. After the first holidaymakers came in 1908, this event marked the beginning of the resort and sea tourism in Bulgaria.

The resort has 7 mineral water springs, the warmest with a temperature between 40 and 60 degrees. The largest children's sanatorium on the Balkans was located here, which cured thousands of children from serious diseases.

Already at the end of the 19th century, the founder of the sea and mud therapy in Bulgaria, Professor Paraskev Stoyanov, and Dr. Alexander Nedyalkov, the manager of the State Children's Sea Sanatorium "Tsaritsa Eleonora" in the resort, made a significant contribution to the prestige of the resort.

"Grape therapy, good local wine and sea food, healing mineral waters and the beginning of sea tourism in Bulgaria intertwined in one, in this very place, and became the trademark of the first Bulgarian sea resort. We can safely say that in the resort "Saints Constantine and Helena" you can heal both your spirit and your body", said Minister Ilin Dimitrov.

The celebrations are held with the support of the Ministry of Tourism and the Municipality of Varna and under the patronage of the Ministers of Tourism and Foreign Affairs. On behalf of Minister Ivan Kondov, the guests were greeted by Radka Balabanova-Ruleva, Director of the Foreign Economic Relations and Development Cooperation Directorate at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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