The number of Russian tourists visiting Bulgaria has dropped sharply, declining nearly tenfold compared to pre-2019 levels, according to Russian Ambassador Eleonora Mitrofanova, as reported by RIA Novosti. Last year, just over 50,000 Russian visitors traveled to Bulgaria , a steep decline from the roughly 500,000 tourists the country used to receive annually before 2019. Mitrofanova highlighted several factors behind this downturn, pointing first to the disruption of direct air links between