TÜROB President in Bulgaria together with Minister Kurtulmuş...

Minister of Culture and Tourism Numan Kurtulmuş visited Bulgaria to hold a series of meetings with a delegation that included TÜROB President Timur Bayındır.

Minister of Culture and Tourism Numan Kurtulmuş met with Bulgaria's Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova and Minister of Culture Boil Banov. Kurtulmuş met with his Bulgarian counterparts in Sofia, where he had traveled to attend the European Union (EU) Tourism Ministers' Summit. At the start of his visit, Minister Kurtulmuş met with ethnic Turks and opinion leaders at the residence of Turkey's Ambassador to Sofia, Hasan Ulusoy.

Kurtulmuş then met, together with his accompanying delegation, with Bulgaria's Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova. During the meeting, it was learned that both ministers expressed that cruise ship tours could be organized at certain destinations along the Western Black Sea coast, along with tour packages covering Balkan countries under the leadership of Turkey and Bulgaria. In order to achieve these goals, it was decided to establish a working group comprising officials from the two ministries and to conclude these efforts promptly. The meeting also highlighted the importance of preserving the cultural assets of the two countries for tourism as well.