Bulgaria's State Tourism Agency is going to spend BGN 8 M in 2009 on advertising at home and abroad the country's resorts. Photo by BGNES

Bulgaria is going to spend a total of BGN 8,042 M on advertising its tourism at home and abroad in 2009.

The news was announced Friday by the head of Bulgaria's State Tourism Agency, Aneliya Krushkova, who took part in the presentation of the Agency's progress with the two national programs for the development of eco-tourism and rural tourism.

The State Tourism Agency will spend BGN 5,785 M for advertising the Bulgarian tourism sector at home in an attempt to keep Bulgarians for vacations in the country. The funds will go to Bulgarian TV and radio stations as well as to print media.

The Agency is going to spend BGN 2,237 M for advertising Bulgaria's tourism abroad - on the CNN and Eurosport channels as well as in Russia and Romania.