Tour Operators Allege Preferential Evacuations from Dubai as Bulgarians Remain Stranded

The Association of Tour Operators and Travel Agents “Future for Tourism” (OBT) has urged the authorities to ensure equal treatment of Bulgarian citizens awaiting evacuation from Dubai, raising concerns that public figures and business representatives are being given precedence. The organization addressed a formal letter to Tourism Minister Irena Georgieva and to Irena Dimitrova, head of the Situation Center at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to OBT’s administrative director, Svetlana Vatashka, information was submitted within the deadline set by the Tourism Ministry’s crisis headquarters for 534 Bulgarian nationals currently in Dubai, traveling individually or in organized groups through ten tour operators....