Open AccessPOTENTIAL OF THE BEEKEEPING SECTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT OF BEE TOURISM IN THE NORTHEASTERN REGION OF BULGARIA
Author(s) -
Kosyo Vladimirov
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.36997/ara2021.170
Subject(s) - beekeeping , christian ministry , tourism , agriculture , resource (disambiguation) , business , state (computer science) , geography , agricultural science , agricultural economics , economy , economic growth , political science , ecology , economics , computer science , archaeology , environmental science , biology , computer network , algorithm , law
The report includes an analysis of the state, trends and prospects of beekeeping and its relationship with tourism in Bulgaria. Beekeeping is considered as a branch of agriculture from its inception after the Liberation to our time and dynamics of development. The report presents the resource base (traditions, condition, production and sale of honey). For the needs of the analysis, data from the NSI, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, the associations of beekeepers, processors and traders of honey and bee products, the Ministry of Tourism and branch tourist organizations and a survey of the author were used. Beekeeping is presented in the relation as a resource for the development of apitourism (bee tourism), as a non-traditional attractive specialized species, supporting farmers through non-agricultural practices.