The Bulgarian Tourist Chamber
(BTC) is a non-profit organization. It unites on a voluntary basis national,
regional and local
brand organizations and
councils, companies from hotel & restaurant business, tour operators
and tour agents, companies and organizations related with tourist industry
and fully capable persons.
BTC was founded in March 1990. It is the first non-government trade,
tourism organization in Bulgaria. BTC performs the functions of a non-profit
federal union of Bulgarian and foreign organizations (companies) and fully
capable persons with purpose to coordinate organize and manage the joint
activities in the Bulgarian tourist industry.
The aims of the union are:
to unite, assist,
encourage and protect the interests of its members and to be fully featuring
partner
to the public authorities, working
in the field of tourism;
to assist both the
national and regional development and coordination of the hotel and restaurant
business as well as other commercial activities,
connected with the industry;
to stimulate the professional
education and qualification;
to act as a partner
in process of elaboration of national programs for tourism development,
lows, regulations, etc.;
to participate in
the conducting of the national marketing and advertising on the tourist
markets;
to assist the upraising
of the managerial and economical effectiveness of the companies from tourism
industry;
to represent and defend
the interests of the industry employers;
to provide its members
with updated information on the current conditions and perspectives of
the tourist industry.
to develop and stimulate
business contacts with Bulgarian and foreign partners, as well as profitable
investments into Bulgarian tourism industry.
One
of the priorities of the Chamber is to actively cooperate with Bulgarian
government in drafting legislations on tourism
industry and tourism related
issues, conformed to the EU directives and international practice in tourism.
The principal objective of the BTC is together with the Bulgarian Association
of Travel Agents (BATA), the Bulgarian Hotel & Restaurant Association
(BHRA) and the other organizations in tourism to generalize and submit
for solution to the government bodies the problems of tourism, connected
with defending the interests of employers and of tourist and commercial
site owners.
Bulgarian Tourist Chamber is in close cooperation with Bulgarian and international
educational institutes in tourist area - Sofia University "St. Kliment
Ohridski", Russian International Academy, University of Munich and
many others. BTC is a regular member of Bulgarian Industrial Association,
which chairman sits on BTC Management Board.
BTC offered a wide range of qualify services to all players of Bulgarian
tourist market:
preparation of market
estimates of the tourist companies;
preparing of business
programmes and investment plans
consulting services
for:
- categorization
- licensing
- information technologies
- labour conditions
marketing and advertisement
market research and analysis
promotion of products
and services for tourism
education and qualification
of tourist staff
partnership with country
authorities
supporting of small and
medium-size companies
partnership with institutions
and companies
protection of interests
of the employers
financing and crediting
of small and medium-size tourist business
investments projects
statistics
labour stock
The
Bulgarian tourist chamber issue monthly magazine "Tourist
Market" in
which can be found actual and hot information for Bulgarian tourism industry
and related topics. Some of the articles are in German, English and Russian
languages.
The BTC managing bodies are: General Meeting, Management Board, Chairman
and Control Committee. The Management Board chairman, Mr. Tzvetan Tonchev,
reader in economics and professor at the Russian International Academy
of Tourism, represents BTC. Commissions for consultations on hotel and
restaurant management, staff training, solution of companies' financial
and economic matters and on working up of business programmes have been
set up at the BTC. The club "Veterans of tourism" is acting as
a link between the generations in management, assuring the use of experience
and wisdom for sustainable development of tourism in Bulgaria.
BTC
Structure
