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News.bg January 10, 2001 [Former King Simeon the Second of the House of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, dressed as a prime minister for this year's Royal Nordic Ball.] Premier Simeon Koburg-Gotha inaugurated the conference Bulgaria - Dream Area Premier Simeon Koburg-Gotha inaugurated the first conference on tourism Bulgaria - Dream Area today. Speaking for News.bg Agency, he said that tourism would be an extremely prospective branch having a great potential, and reminded the commitment of his government to providing the legal basis for development of tourism in Bulgaria including crediting, taxation policy and licensing. According to Simeon Koburg-Gotha, one of the biggest advantages in developing tourism would be creating new jobs, and again emphasized the necessity of cooperation between government, local authorities, and business representatives. He spoke about the new tourism bill, which was harmonized with the European laws, and which stipulated easier crediting and a new strategy for training personnel. Newly elected President Georghy Parvanov did not attend the forum. Speaking on his behalf, the Chairman of Communication Group Maxim Behar read his address to the participants in the forum. In his letter, Georghy Parvanov expressed his conviction that cooperation with the American partners in tourism would continue in the future. The special video-message of the former American President Bill Clinton was also played on the forum. In its message, Clinton congratulated President Petar Stoyanov and the newly elected President Georghy Parvanov, and expressed his regret for not being able to attend the forum in person. According to Behar, the former American Governor Bob Miller, who was the co-organizer of the forum, has taken upon himself the commitment to organize the second forum by the end of 2002. Vice-Premier and Minister of Economy Nikolay Vasilev also addressed the participants of the forum and said that development of tourism would depend mainly on private initiative. He reminded that tourism in Bulgaria has registered an increase in 2000 and 2001, and said that it could register increase also in 2002. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
