'PANICHISHTE-EZERATA-KABUL'

'Panichishte-Ezerata-Kabul' - new environmentally friendly ski resort
22.04.2008

‘Rila Sport’ company will invest 140 mln leva in the construction of a modern and environmentally friendly ski resort in the area of Panichishte, called ‘Panichishte-Ezerata-Kabul’. According to experts’ calculations the investments in the building of the resort will come up to 900 mln leva.
It is expected for the project to be concluded by the end of 2016.
2000 new labours are expect to be opened after the construction of the modern ski resort.
The resort ‘Panichishte-Ezerata-Kabul’ will have about 100 km of ski runs, ski tracks and free-skiing areas. Of these over 10 km are already existing in the forestation area without being categorized as such yet and over 85 km snow fields, that are not worked on because of the lack of access and lifts.
‘Rila Sport’ is also planning to dispose 3 attractive snowboard parks in the resort, as well as 3 tracks for cross-country, biathlon shooting ground and children zones. No terrain meddling into Rila National Park is needed for the construction of the new facilities.

There will be a limited accommodation base in the new park, which will be no more than 10 000 beds, the lodgings will be situated primary in the village of Panichishte and won’t affect the beautiful nature of Rila.
Besides that ‘Panichishte-Ezerata-Kabul’ will have a positive effect on Bulgaria’s economics. Less than 200 km of ski runs and 50 lifts are existing at the moment. For comparison in Austria, which does not have better natural peculiarities for development of winter tourism, there are about 20 000 km of ski tracks, over 5 700 lifts and more than 800 resorts.
 It’s the same with Switzerland, France, Italy and Germany. The construction of a ski resort like ‘Panichishte-Ezrata-Kabul’ will lead to conditions for attraction of a high-category tupourists. ‘Rila Sport’ will do all possible to attract also first-class tour-operators and hotel chains in the future resort, which will guarantee the highest quality of the tourist product, befitted to the Natural peculiarities in the region.
 
“We hope that the construction of the resort ‘Panichishte-Ezerata-Kabul’ will turn Rila into one of the top 10 preferred tourist destinations in Europe and this way we’ll contribute the development of the Bulgarian tourism, the executive manager of ‘Rila Sport’ Slaveyko Staykov said.

The expectations of the leadership of ‘Rila Sport’ company are ‘Panichishte-Ezerata-Kabul’ to become the most ecologically friendly resort in Bulgaria. Due to this reason the International company "Ecosign Mountain Resort Planners Ltd." has worked on the conception of the ski zones for year and a half. "Ecosign Mountain Resort Planners Ltd." Is a world leader in this branch with more than 250 successful projects in over 32 countries and 33-year experience.
Ski resort designed by them have hosted 4 of the past Winter Olympic Games. "Ecosign Mountain Resort Planners Ltd." has a great contribution winning the host of  the 2014 Olympic Winter Games by the Russian town Sochi.
Except for that, in order to make the project more ecological, ‘Rila Sport’ have put limits for the maximum number of beds, building and floorage in the resort. There will be a central heating on biofluel, central drainage and local Wastewater Treatment Plants. There will be enough underground and over-ground parking lots built and inner-resort transport for the tourists will be provide.
The leadership of ‘Rila Sport’ is in process of establishing of a Grеen Fund for ecological activities, which will invest part of the incomes of ‘Panichishte-Ezerata-Kabul’ in the restoration of the affected by the activity of the resort and the tourists nature.
 ‘We want to show that we don’t wish to destroy the nature but only to help the local people to use more complete this biggest fortune of theirs’, Slaveyko Staykov said.

Source: Expert.bg