Philoxenia – 2011, Thessaloniki

During the second day of participation of Sofia Municipality in Philoxenia – 2011 International Tourism Exhibition, the representatives of Tourist Service Municipal Enterprise, Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism, Municipality Plovdiv and Bulgaria Holiday held a working meeting with the Mayor of the municipality of Volvi, Mr Dimitris Galamatis. The meeting was attended also by the Deputy Mayor for Culture and representatives of the Greek branch organizations. The talks discussed the possibilities for future cooperation between the municipalities of Sofia and Volvi. Mr Galamatis emphasized on the great desire of the Greek municipality of Volvi and the professional organizations to develop on municipal level bilateral relations in tourism. On the same day, representatives of the Tourist Service Municipal Enterprise held a working meeting with Mr Dimitris Gotis, Director of Greek National Tourism Organisation at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Greece. Mr Gotis expressed satisfaction with the current fruitful cooperation between Sofia Municipality and the Greek National Tourism Organization. During the talks discussed were the opportunities for increasing the visits of Greek tourists in Sofia, especially in times of economic crisis.