Bulgaria Tourism & TUI Deal: Bulgaria signed a memorandum with TUI to boost German visitor numbers, aiming to lift arrivals from just over 200,000 a year to 400,000+ within three years, with “flights, flights, flights” flagged as the key. Air Travel Expansion: easyJet announced 18 new summer 2027 routes, including Burgas from Bristol (May 28, twice weekly) and Bristol–Montpellier (July 1), plus a wider UK network that also adds Girona, Majorca and more. Luxury Rail to Istanbul: the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express will arrive in Istanbul on Sept. 30, traveling via Romania and Bulgaria, with passenger pick-up and onward departures scheduled for early October. Ryanair Disruption: a Ryanair flight diverted back to Porto after a false security report, causing a delay before continuing to Dublin. Culture & Food in Plovdiv: CEFood 2026 opened in Plovdiv, spotlighting food science, hospitality and tourism-linked innovation. Archaeology for Cultural Tourism: excavations at Rusokastro uncovered 13th–14th century glass production evidence, adding another tourism-ready heritage story. UN & Black Sea Tourism Security: President Iliana Iotova urged the Black Sea to become a safer zone for transport, trade, energy and tourism, warning of wider food and ecosystem risks.