Pomorie-Bulgaria

The town of Pomorie lies on the Black Sea coast. It is an important tourist and health resort. Pomorie has 15.000 inhabitants. For over thousand years, Pomorie has been a site of salt production, but recently the production has declined. Under the ALAS project the local actions cover upgrading of traditional salinas, training of salters, marketing and establishing a salt-museum.

Principal partner: Municipality of Pomorie.

Associate partner: Tourist Council of Pomorie.

Additional partners: Municipal Museum, Cultural Club Prosveta, Health Resort Complex, Pomorie Saltworks, Solari 98 Ltd. and 25 Centuries Pomorie Foundation.

Contact: Milcho Skumov, ALAS-office, 40a Yavorov blvd., BG-8200 POMORIE, Bulgaria. Tel./Fax 00359 596 25 344.

e-mail: alas@unacs.bg
Harvesting salt by hand in Pomorie
Harvesting salt by hand in Pomorie

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