Sofia’s Mayor Boyko Borissov and recently appointed tourism head Mario Al-Jebouri, signed an agreement to strengthen the administrative and expert capacity of the two institutions to improve Sofia’s bid for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.
The Sofia News Agency reports that as part of the agreement, the municipality and the state agency will develop Sofia’s tourist infrastructure and plan joint events promoting the hosting of the 2014 Winter Games.
Under the new plans the mountain pearls of Borovets and Bansko will be included as venues for Sofia’s 2014 bid, at a cost more than USD 1 B, most of which will go to the construction of the Alpine Centre at Bansko.
Sofia’s bid budget is about USD 13 M.
Sofia is ranked fifth out of seven in GamesBids.com BidIndex.
