BULGARIA's holiday hotspot Sunny Beach has warned that hotels may be forced to close for the rest of the season as Brits fail to return.Bulgaria's Sunny Beach fears tourists are unlikely to return for yearsPlamen Kopchev, head of the hotel owners’ association in Sunny Beach warned that mass tourism, which the resort relies on, has died out.
Beach bar owner Nedelin Yankov said: "Our turnover is down 90 percent from last year, there are simply no foreigners and Bulgarian visitors are few." However, Bulgaria is not enforcing coronavirus tests or self-isolation for when UK travellers enter the country, having lifted restrictions on July 16.The UK government is yet to lift the travel ban for BulgariaHotels are also being forced to close, despite it being the peak holiday seasonDespite the government since subsidising charter flights to encourage tourists to return, Mr Kopchev told AFP: "We need at least 100 charter flights a day.
Of Sunny Beach's 150 hotels, more than half haven't even opened again, and he warned that others are likely to have to close their doors earlier than usual in the tourist season.
People still don't know what their panic has cost them. Years.
2022?Wow!