PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
13 April 2010 /Tuesday/
11:00 Official press conference
12:00 –19:00 Exhibition Halls will be opened for arranging the stands and unloading the advertisement materials Exhibition Halls “Rafael Mihaylov”
14 April 2010 /Wednesday/
11:00 Official opening ceremony Exhibition Halls “Rafael Mihaylov”
12:00 – 12:30 Official tour of the exhibition
Opening of exhibition
„Letters of Bulgaria – Alphabet of Europe”
Exhibition Halls “Rafael Mihaylov”
14:00 – 15:00 Official opening of the film festival “On the Eastern coast of Europe”
Presentation of the Jury - Exhibition Halls “Rafael Mihaylov”
16:00 Opening of art of painting exhibition
„Under the sky of Erkech” Pomorie Municipality
Presented by professor Nikolay Daskalov - Exhibition Halls “Rafael Mihaylov” B Sector
15:00 – 16:30 Round table “Management of cultural tourism”
Moderator: Mrs. Ekaterina Gelovska
Organized by “HoReMag” magazine and
Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association Exhibition Halls “Rafael Mihaylov” Discussion hall
17:00 – 17:30 Official opening of the Days of Tver region /Russian Federation/ in Veliko Tarnovo
Presentation of Tver region /Russian Federation/ - official guest at the VII International Tourist Fair “Cultural Tourism 2010” - Exhibition Halls “Rafael Mihaylov” Discussion hall
17:30 – 18:30 Presentation of a book ”Bulgaria – China. Cultural Tourism”
reader doctor Sonya Aleksieva, New Bulgarian University, Board member of the Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association
Presented by reader doctor Stoyan Marinov Exhibition Halls “Rafael Mihaylov” Discussion hall
20:00 Concert „Love and music” Music and drama theatre “Konstantin Kisimov”
Cocktail
Hosted by the Mayor of Veliko Tarnovo Municipality – Rumen Rashev MD Music and Drama Theatre “Konstantin Kisimov”
16:00 – 18:00 Film festival “On the eastern coast of Europe”
Workshop
Subject: „Setting up teams for filming the cultural-historical heritage” Exhibition Halls “Rafael Mihaylov” B Sector
15 April 2010 /Thursday/
11:00 – 11:30 Presentations of tourist destinations
Moderator: reader doctor Sonya Aleksieva
„Ivaylovgrad – South fairy-tale”- presentated by Municipality of Ivaylovgrad
„The unique holidays of Ivanovo Municipality – the rock monasteries, authentic folklore, natural beauty and local cuisine”- presented by Munisipality of Ivanovo
Presentation of TourRegion Balkania – presented by mr. Niko Zarichinov
Exhibition Halls “Rafael Mihaylov” Discussion hall
11:30 Opening of exhibition The Architectural and ethnographic compex “Etar”, city of Gabrovo Exhibition Halls “Rafael Mihaylov”
11:30 – 13:00 Film festival “On the eastern coast of Europe”
Workshop
Subject: „Marketing strategy for movies, devoted to the culturally-historical heritage of Bulgaria” Exhibition Halls “Rafael Mihaylov” Discussion hall
14:00 – 16:00 Round table “Historical heritage and city landscape”
Organizer: New Bulgarian University
/Moderator: reader doctor Irena Bokova/ Exhibition Halls “Rafael Mihaylov” Discussion hall
16:30 – 17:30 Presentation
“Cultural holidays – potential for tourist development" Nessebar Municipality – Mrs. Ely Kirilova, deputy mayor
Exhibition Halls “Rafael Mihaylov” Discussion hall
18:00 – 19:00 Opening of Exhibition Museum of History - Nessebar Exhibition Halls “Rafael Mihaylov”
14:00 – 18:00 Film festival “On the eastern coast of Europe”
Film presentations Exhibition Halls “Rafael Mihaylov” B Sector
20:00 Cocktail for the participants of the VII International tourist fair “Cultural tourism – 2010”
Rachev Hotel Bolyarsi Veliko Tarnovo
22:00 “Celebrate with us”
Organized by Municipality of Nessebar Spider club Veliko Tarnovo
16 April 2010 /Friday/
11:00 – 11:30 Presentations of tourist destinations
Moderator: Mrs. Kremena Tsvetkova
Exhibition “Treasures of Medieval Varna. Icons from Black sea” – presented by prof. Valentin Pletnyov – director of Regional museum of history Varna
Audio-visual performance “Legends from Aladja Monastery” – presented by Valeri Kinov – manager of the Aladja Monastery museum
Presentation by Municipality of Targovishte
Exhibition Halls “Rafael Mihaylov” Discussion hall
11:30 Opening of exhibition Regional museum of history - Targovishte
Exhibition Halls “Rafael Mihaylov”
11:30 – 13:00 Film festival “On the eastern coast of Europe”
Workshop
Subject: „Means of expression in the documentary and popular science films” Exhibition Halls “Rafael Mihaylov”
B Sector
14:00 – 16:00 Annual mayors’ meeting about the problems in the field of tourism
Organized by Bulgarian Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism Exhibition Halls “Rafael Mihaylov”
Discussion hall
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee - break Exhibition Halls “Rafael Mihaylov”
16:30 – 17:30 Official Ceremony
For signing the constituent documents for the Association of the cities with culturally-historical heritage
Exhibition Halls “Rafael Mihaylov”
18:00 Celebrating parade and ceremony
For the official awarding of Veliko Tarnovo as “Balkan Capital of Cultural Tourism”
From the Municipality Hall to the Tsarevets Fortress
19:30 Performance by National Folklore Ensemble “Bulgare” Open stage at Tsarevets Fortress
20:30 Audio – visual program “Tsarevgrad Tarnov – sound and light” Square in front of the Tsarevets Castle
21:00 Official awarding ceremony and Gala dinner
for the participants of the International Tourist Fair “Cultural Tourism - 2010” Restaurant “Kaloyan’s Fortress”, village of Arbanassi
14:00 – 18:00 Film festival “On the eastern coast of Europe”
Film presentations Exhibition Halls “Rafael Mihaylov” B Sector
17 April 2010 /Saturday/
10:00 – 12:00 Round table
Structural funds and the tourist development -
possibilities and challenges
with the participation of experts from Bulgarian Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism and Bulgarian Ministry of Culture
and with the assistance of European Institute for Tourism Exhibition Halls “Rafael Mihaylov”
Discussion hall
10:00 – 12:00 Association of Bulgarian Travel Agents /ABTTA/
Workshop
Exhibition Halls “Rafael Mihaylov” Discussion hall
10:00 – 14:00 Film festival “On the eastern coast of Europe”
Film presentations Exhibition Halls “Rafael Mihaylov”
B Sector
15:00-19:00 Exhibition Halls will be opened for dismantling of the desks Exhibition Halls “Rafael Mihaylov”
