Resources for Apitourism in Bulgaria

Abstract

Abstract. The report includes an analysis of the current situation, trends and prospects of the resource base for the development of apitourism as an unconventional attractive and specialized type of supporting farmers through agricultural practices. The report presents the resource base (traditions, state, production and marketing of honey). For the aim of the analysis has been used data 0from the National Statistics Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Food beekeepers' associations, processors and traders of honey and bee products, the Ministry of Tourism and tourism industry organizations. The main purpose of the study is to assist companies and individuals in the field of agribusiness and apitourism for the realization of bee products and services.

Potencial turístico y apiturismo en Nuevo León

“…Wos señala que este proyecto apiturístico necesita de atracciones complementarias, más allá de los productos de abeja y la oferta de alojamiento y comida que tienen dichas instalaciones. Grigorova, et al, (2016) señalan que, en Bulgaria, el desarrollo del apiturismo representa un tipo de apoyo económico no convencional para las familias agrícolas, puesto que se ha convertido en una herramienta de lucha contra el desempleo a nivel regional y local. El apiturismo al ofrecer nuevos productos turísticos, diversifica la gama de servicios del turismo alternativo, al tiempo de que apoya el funcionamiento de complejos turísticos preexistentes.…”

Reflections on visitors' experiences of the beekeeping museum: an analysis of the guestbook notes

“…So that apitourism a type of tourism that has started to be implemented in many countries is accepted as a separate type of tourism because it has a broad concept. Apitourism (the name comes from Latin name of honeybee -Apis mellifera) is a form of tourism connected with beekeeping as a traditional profession and with bee products in ecological, food, and medical aspects (Woś, 2014;Grigorova et al, 2016;Aliyeva et al, 2019). Apitourism could be defined as bringing together travel and education experiences, starting with the bee culture, with a sense of responsibility for the environment and human life (Suna, 2018).…”

“…A reason for the increasing interest in apitourism is the efforts by modern societies to consume environment friendly and organic products coupled with the desire to live healthily. Tasting high-quality honey and consuming other bee products, learning how they are produced, and discovering secrets about bees lead tourists to apitourism (Aliyeva et al, 2019;Grigorova et al, 2016). According to Arich and Korošec (2015), apitourism can offer additional opportunities to strengthen and consolidate the position of beekeepers.…”

“…Apitourism practices and studies, which will set an example especially in Slovenia, have encouraged other countries to work in this direction. When studies on apitourism are examined, studies evaluating apitourism activities and applicability have been carried out in Slovenia (Šivic, 2013;Arich & Korošec, 2015;Šuligoj, 2021), Bulgaria (Grigorova et al, 2016), Europe (Woś, 2014), Chile (Shiffler, 2014;Pantoja et al, 2017), Mexico (Lemelin, 2020), Kazakhstan (Aliyeva et al, 2019) and Turkey (Bahar & Yılmaz, 2016;Suna, 2018Suna, , 2019Arıkan Saltik et al, 2019;Şeker, 2020;Cesur, 2021). However, when the relevant literature is examined, there are studies conducted within the scope of the beekeeping museum (Şahin & Aydın, 2021) and for beekeepers (Suna, 2020).…”

Geographical Information System for Beekeeping Development

“…Implementing beekeeping with ecotourism, known as apitourism, is expected to enhance the beekeeping sector greatly, as involvement could provide beekeepers with in additional income. This type of ecotourism is practised in such European countries (Wos, 2014) as Slovenia (Šivic, 2013) and Bulgaria (Grigorova, Timareva, & Shopova, 2016). The most suitable beekeeping sites for apitourism can be identified using GIS, where it was done in Chile for this purpose with datasets of precipitation, vegetation, tourism, temperature, rivers, roads, genetically modified (GM) crops , highways, soil use and wild areas (Pantoja et al, 2017).…”