State Will Do Everything Necessary to Keep Ancient City of Nessebar on UNESCO List, Says Tourism Minister

Jerusalem, 9 September, 2024 (TPS) -- Sofia (BTA)
Bulgaria will do everything necessary to keep the Ancient City of Nessebar on the UNESCO World Heritage List, said caretaker Tourism Minister Evtim Miloshev during his meeting with UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Culture Ernesto Ottone at the headquarters of the international organization in Paris, the press center of the line ministry reported on Monday.

Miloshev stressed that Bulgaria is working on implementation of the recommendations of the World Heritage Committee with the aim of preserving the status of the Ancient City of Nessebar in the World Heritage List. The meeting with UNESCO representatives was attended and on the Bulgarian side – Radka Balabanova-Ruleva, Bulgarian Ambassador to France, and Iskra Angelova, Deputy Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to UNESCO.

The Minister thanked for the high recognition for Bulgaria with the decision of the World Heritage Committee that Bulgaria will host the 47th session of the Committee in 2025 and confirmed the strong commitment of all interested institutions to work for the good preparation and organization of this extremely important and authoritative international forum.

“As a country with a thousand-year history and culture, Bulgaria is becoming an increasingly attractive destination for tourists from all over the world. Our rich cultural and historical heritage is one of the main factors for this interest,” Minister Miloshev said during the meeting. One of the main highlights of the conversation was the development of cultural tourism in Bulgaria as an important and long-term priority. “We are working actively, together with the Ministry of Culture and personally with Minister Nayden Todorov, for the preservation and promotion of Bulgarian sites under the auspices of UNESCO, but also for the inclusion of new sites in the organization’s World Heritage List,” Miloshev pointed out.