Today, November 16, 2020 in Blagoevgrad, Republic of Bulgaria, a final press conference was held on the project “Young people from Bulgaria and Macedonia for tourism as health prevention.”

The press conference was attended by Dimitar Manikatov, Manager of the Foundation “Health Prophylaxis”, Lead partner of the project, representatives of the tourism business and the non-governmental sector, as well as academia.

The main goals of the project, the implementation of the activities and the achieved results were noted. Attention was paid to the positive feedback from the participants in the project activities and their understanding of the need for future joint initiatives to promote tourism in the cross-border region and its adaptation to the challenges posed by the crisis with the global pandemic of COVID-19.

Mr. Mladen Protic, head of the Center for Development of the Third Northeast Planning Region, also joined in via video conference. He thanked for the assistance provided in the implementation of the project, the good partnership

The press conference was attended by stakeholders, representatives of local authorities and the media from the region.