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What the hell is it now?
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2 wrongs don't make a right. Love art, cat, dogs, rats, library and information science, information policy, stolen art and art forgery stories and info. Very late diagnosed adhd etc... so you can imagine all of the things I care very much about.
![Bulgaria : tourist brochure : Balkantourist : State Enterprise to the General Travel Board in Bulgaria : Sofia : nd [ca.1965] : front cover : Some fine Socialist graphic design of the covers of this mid-1960s tourist guide to the country promoting the capital site, historic sights, countryside and coastal resorts of the then People's Republic of Bulgaria.
The Bulgarian ruling party had made a definite policy choice to open the country to western tourists in the 1960s and onwards and the business became a major source of hard currency for the country. By the mid-1970s the country had created a Ministry of Tourism; Balkantouriste was set up, under the Ministry of Railways in 1948, initially to promote travel from other socialist block countries before the remit widened to include developing other foreign markets to tourism in Bulgaria.
The red background is dominated by a stylised sun/moon symbol in yellow and white and below the centred title - stylised buildings, water, sailing and trees.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yqh2atawixxlb6ncx2fh73r6/bafkreid4a3j5fq45mvpn4nulhbv6sxy3ln3k3yxzrh5h52j3xm7lmc5qze)
![Bulgaria : tourist brochure : Balkantourist : State Enterprise to the General Travel Board in Bulgaria : Sofia : nd [ca.1965] : back cover : On yellow - above the Balkantourist lettering a stylised ship suggesting the sea and below, stylised red grapes and an apple suggesting fruit and produce.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yqh2atawixxlb6ncx2fh73r6/bafkreignkiao7ibchpdnpyl3okykk3bpqhcixm5tozlmnznid2xy6khyty)
