Тhe municipality of Mineralni bani is located in the East Rodopi Mountain, 280 m above the see level and is placed on the western central part of the Haskovo district. The territory of the municipality is 216, 5 sq. m and it consists of 12 populated places. The center of the municipality is the village of Mineral baths, which is famous with its mineral springs since the ancient times. The municipality of Mineralni bani has a favorable geographical location, which is very important and has significant influence on its development. The municipality is only 11 km from the International road E-80, which connects the West and Central Europe with the Near East and Asia and its 18 km from the district centre – the town of Haskovo.
The municipality possesses extraordinary natural potential for development of sustainable tourist products. The specific mixture of preserved natural conditions and resources in the region is the basic reason for the differentiating of the municipality of the Mineral baths as the most perspective developing resort in Haskovo district.
Despite the municipality of Mineral baths is well known mostly as a balneological resort it also offers excellent conditions for summer, cultural and eco tourism. The number of the tourists, visiting the region on the warm half of the year is increasing with every passing year. The diversification opportunities of the tourist are extraordinary rich – organizing of combined half-a-day and one-day walking-experiencing itineraries to attractive natural landmarks, practicing of different recreating activities in the forest and around the water reservoirs like picnics, sport for health, picking of wild mushrooms, observation of wild animals in their natural environment, sun baths, water baths (in the mineral springs), fishing in the artificial lakes in the weekends and others.
The specific ecological microclimate of the Mineralni bani municipality allows the combination of balneological healing, climate healing and climate prophylactic.
In the borders of the Mineralni bani municipality there are many cultural-historical monuments, nature landmarks and mineral springs, which together with the existing natural factors determinate its pointed tourist specialization.
The Pisa Tourism Agency - APT Pisa has been assigned to manage all aspects relating to tourism in the Province.
With a view to promoting the territory's resources and its individual and unique elements, both in Italy and abroad, and to improving the tourism system, APT Pisa essentially coordinates all of the strategic marketing and communication operations within the territory.
The agency acts as the "control tower", working closely with the foremost public and private bodies in the sector (Province, Chamber of Commerce, Tourism consortiums, airport, vehicle, tour operator and business Associations) to plan and implement the promotional and support activities in order to market the territory’s tourism products (through participation at fairs and workshops, journalist and television crew support, tourism portals, public relations and press office activities with the media, editorial material production, sponsorship).
The APT also works with the entire regional and national tourism system under an umbrella of common, far-reaching projects.
While the role of APT covers a number of important areas, promotion may be considered the most evident as it has the greatest influence on strengthening the tourism image. Monitoring and directing the progress of the sector is a fundamental element and is considered part of the office’s daily work, through the consistent execution of the following activities:
- gathering and processing tourism data in order to provide regular qualitative and quantitative analyses records and guarantee adherence to the applicable laws;
- providing operators in the sector with information and support so that procedures are followed in regards to opening new business ventures;
- monitoring the quality of public and private tourism services through investigation and interviews;
- research and studies designed to identify developments in the sector and/or analyse specific markets and products;
- tour operator updating and training.
