BTA :: Edirne – a center of shopping tourism from Bulgaria and the Balkan countries
According to the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, more than 500,000 people, mostly from Bulgaria and Greece, have visited the city of Edirne since the beginning of 2022 for weekend shopping tourism.
According to this indicator, Edirne ranks second after Istanbul in the visits of foreign tourists. But in Edirne, tourists from Bulgaria predominate, accounting for 95 percent of visits.
In the last month / March-b.a/ the tourist flow from Serbia, Northern Macedonia, Romania and Croatia has also increased.
Bahri Dinar, chairman of the Association for the Protection of the Development of Edirne and the Protection of the Local Delicacy “Fried Liver”, points out that the number of Bulgarian tourists visiting Edirne on weekends exceeds the population of 150,000. city.
“On Fridays every week from early morning the streets, markets, restaurants of Edirne are crowded mainly with tourists from Bulgaria,” he said. Thanks to the neighbors from Bulgaria and Greece, trade in our city is thriving, because they not only buy everything – from “a” to “ya” as they say, but also stay in hotels, visit restaurants, bars. We are very pleased. We, for our part, do our best to keep them happy and come again. The staff in many of the restaurants and shops know Bulgarian, the menus are written in Turkish, Bulgarian and Greek, “says Dinar.
According to him, this month of April you expect even more tourists from Bulgaria to spend the Easter holidays in the city, where there are two Bulgarian churches.
/ SG /