

Collective Members
Varna Association of Travel Agents
The Varna Association of Travel Agents was founded in 1991 to assist, represent
and protect the economic interests of travel agencies and tour operators
in north-east Bulgaria /Varna Region/.
Regular members of VaSTA can be any
Bulgarian physical and juridical bodies, who are professionals with stable
experience in the field of travel industry,
and operate as tour operators and/or travel agents, with tourism being the
main activities of their travel companies. Associated members of VaSTA can
be tourism-related entities.
The terms of training their members, VaSTA has
applied for and have been approved as a partner in some international projects
as Leonardo da Vinci,
PHARE, etc.
VaSTA is an associated member of the Bulgarian Association of
Travel Agents (BATA), the Varna Chamber of Tourism and the Varna Council
of Tourism.
Some of the priorities in the activity of VaSTA are:
to assist, encourage
and protect the interests of its members in Bulgaria and abroad;
to establish rules
of professional ethics, code of behaviour and loyal competition in the tour
operators' and agents' activities;
to assist in establishing
business contacts with Bulgarian and foreign partners, as well as in encouraging
profitable investments into Bulgarian tourist industry.
Bulgarian Association of Travel Agents
Bulgarian Hotel & Restaurant Association
Bulgarian Association for Alternative Tourism
The Sofia City Tourist Council
Union of Bulgarian Tourist Guides