OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RELIGIOUS TOURISM IN BULGARIA

Abstract

Religious tourism is a specialized type of tourism in which people travel individually or in groups to religious destinations, outside their usual environment, in order to consume religious values ​​in one form or another. Religiously motivated travel is as old as religion itself, and thus religious tourism is the oldest type of tourism dating back to ancient times. Bulgaria has significant religious tourism resources and can specialize in this type of tourism.