Pamporovo will build new tracks
23.02.2009
Concessionaire in the mountain resort of Pamporovo - Pamporovo AD to invest around 5 million euros in building a new lift from shestsedalkov Snezhanka stands and to make two new tracks, it is clear from the company's financial statements for the third quarter of the year. The information confirms the Executive Director of the company Nikolai Iliev.
The investment is part of the preparation of the concessionaire for the new winter season, which begins in mid-December. This includes grassing of slopes, prevention of the existing lifts, maintenance of sewage, Iliev said.
The new facility will be able to carry 2400 people in an hour, said the company. Lift plans are to be ready by the start of the season. Both tracks do you have more than 5 kilometers and they can make about 7 thousand people. Thus the total length of tracks in the resort will reach 32 kilometers.
According to the reported results for the quarter concessionaire in Pamporovo has a profit rate of around 2.5 million euro company has drop in profit compared with the previous quarter, when it is over 6.7 million leva
Pamporovo is one of the three major ski resorts in Bulgaria together with Bansko and Borovets attracted the interest of foreign tourists. It is expected that this year the bed base to reach 20 thousand main tourist resort markets are Britain and Russia, reported representatives of hotel and tour operators who work there. This year is expected and increased the interest of Romanian tourists, which the concessionaire Pamporovo AD.
Last year I noticed a stronger presence this year a large part of the tour operators are starting to work on the Romanian market, Iliev said.
Days before the other representatives of the tourism sector also announced that the preliminary expectations for the coming winter season are cautious. The reason is that last year there was snow at most European resorts and this year the tourists are not confident that there will be sufficient conditions for driving, say tour operators. However, representatives of the travel business say it is still early to predict how the season will proceed.
Estimates of the season may be made only at the end of November after passing tourism market in London, said Iliev. Exhibition in the British capital is one of the most important events in the Bulgarian tourism and may be discernible trends for the forthcoming winter season.
The investment is part of the preparation of the concessionaire for the new winter season, which begins in mid-December. This includes grassing of slopes, prevention of the existing lifts, maintenance of sewage, Iliev said.
The new facility will be able to carry 2400 people in an hour, said the company. Lift plans are to be ready by the start of the season. Both tracks do you have more than 5 kilometers and they can make about 7 thousand people. Thus the total length of tracks in the resort will reach 32 kilometers.
According to the reported results for the quarter concessionaire in Pamporovo has a profit rate of around 2.5 million euro company has drop in profit compared with the previous quarter, when it is over 6.7 million leva
Pamporovo is one of the three major ski resorts in Bulgaria together with Bansko and Borovets attracted the interest of foreign tourists. It is expected that this year the bed base to reach 20 thousand main tourist resort markets are Britain and Russia, reported representatives of hotel and tour operators who work there. This year is expected and increased the interest of Romanian tourists, which the concessionaire Pamporovo AD.
Last year I noticed a stronger presence this year a large part of the tour operators are starting to work on the Romanian market, Iliev said.
Days before the other representatives of the tourism sector also announced that the preliminary expectations for the coming winter season are cautious. The reason is that last year there was snow at most European resorts and this year the tourists are not confident that there will be sufficient conditions for driving, say tour operators. However, representatives of the travel business say it is still early to predict how the season will proceed.
Estimates of the season may be made only at the end of November after passing tourism market in London, said Iliev. Exhibition in the British capital is one of the most important events in the Bulgarian tourism and may be discernible trends for the forthcoming winter season.
