Bulgaria Attended International Tourism Expo Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2007 in Dubai

Bulgarian State Agency for Tourism (SAT) organized the country’s participation in the event. Bulgaria takes part in ATM for the third consecutive time, Focus news agency reported. The expo will provide 25 square meters presentation area to Bulgarian participants.

Bulgarian tourism companies will promote the country as attractive tourism destination. SAT’s program for the event envisions advertising Bulgaria directly and through ATM’s daily magazine.

ATM is internationally acknowledged as the largest and most significant tourism exhibition in the Middle East. Expo participants include mainly tour operators, tourism agencies and hotel chains.
UK's Reed Exhibitions organizes the expo. Over 1,600 participants from 60 countries took part in the event in 2006. The number of visitors exceeded 21,000 from 100 countries.

Nearly 13,351 tourists from Middle Eastern countries visited Bulgaria in 2006 which is a decrease of 3.7 percent compared to figures for the previous year.