On June 8, 2015 at 10:00 am, at the Central Military Club in Sofia at the invitation of Ms. Nikolina Angelkova – Minister of Tourism, Mr. Kiril Arnautski – Chairman of Sozopol Foundation attended the opening of “Meeting of the Danube Region. Sustainable tourism through cooperation with European funds and investment” which is an initiative of the Ministry of Tourism of the Republic of Bulgaria.
The forum was attended by Ms. Fandakova, the Mayor of Sofia, Mr. Taleb Rifai, Secretary-General of World Tourism Organization, Mr. Walter Deffaa, Director-General of DG Regional Policy of the EC, Mr. Daniel Calleja, Director-General of DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs to the European Commission, representatives of ministries of the countries in the Danube region, their administrations, mayors, scientific communities, as well as senior officials of international organizations in the field of tourism.
The main topics that were discussed during the meeting were related to the development of trans-national tourism products, financing of investments in the field of sustainable development of tourist destinations and the expansion of cooperation and promotion of investment in tourism. During the meeting it was signed “A letter of commitment with the World Tourism Organization to create a network of observatories for sustainable tourism”.