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Pirin – a World Tourist Destination Pirin – a World Tourist Destination A project for development of the region 2005-2014 Общини Razlog, Bansko, Simitli and Kresna Municipalities Description of Kulinoto project The ski zone Kulinoto construction activities started in 1996 г after the approval of the Kulinoto Ski lift project plan under OVOS by Municipality Razlog MOSV. The facility was built on lands, which are excluded from municipality lands and the Pirin national park. The project plan and strategy provide for a new, modern sports and tourist- recreational complex construction and an ecological product development in the Pirin mountain northern part , based on the existing natural resources, directed especially to the mountain lovers and improving of the opportunities for contact with it and the Pirin recreational resources preservation and use. Ecological routes for mountain tourism, alternative forms of ecological tourism, specialized infrastructure, accommodation and recreation sites will be built at a strict observation of the environmental protection national and European legislation. Investors in the project are “Balkanstroy”JSC and Razlog municipality BALKANSTROY АD is a private joint stock company, founded in 1994 г. With its foundation the company gets specialized in consulting-engineering services in the field of researches, drawing projects, construction and reconstruction of sites of different character and purpose – residential, business-administrative, tourist- entertaining, industrial and communication, the environmental protection and restoration – ecological facilities and installations for the harmful effect restriction from environmental pollutants, reclamation of artificial mounds, dikes, terrains, etc. The company has been a member of the Bulgarian Building Chamber since 1997. It has a certificate for the execution of overall construction activities, issued by the Ministry of Regional Development. In 2002 the company received an ISO 9001: 2000 for an approved Quality Management System. As far as the Pirin development project is concerned it can be pointed out that Balkanstroy AD has a considerable experience in this field. An example for this is the Bansko ski zone construction. The facilities and ski-runs, which are built in Bansko resort and Pamporovo resort are cable ways, ski runs and ski ways, artificial snow equipments, power substations and ski equipment cables, service buildings, restaurants and eateries, waste water treatment facilities.. The project was awarded a First class investment Certificate by the Bulgarian Investment Agency PROJECT AREA The area has a favourable situation in the outskirts of the Pirin woody slope with a wonderful view of Rila and the Rhodopes. It is 10 km away from the town of Razlog on a road, which is an exit from the Simitli – Razlog main road. The area is connected with the built “Pirin Golf & Holidays Club” golf course and the town of Bansko via the “Old Banski road”. Altitude 1 200 – 2 590 m, An area of about 366 hа PROJECT GOALS The Pirin development project goal is to unite the efforts of the population, the local authorities, the Pirin National Park directorate, the investors, the experts, the ecologists and all the Pirin connoisseurs for its modern, complex and balanced development as a year-round world tourist destination of mountain resorts, which offers a unique package of high quality products, including all kinds of winter sports, summer mountain tourism, cultural tourism, congress tourism, rural tourism, balneology and SPA, golf and tennis, hunting tourism, a wide range of tourist attractions and entertainment. The goal is Pirin to become the most modern mountain resort area in South Eastern Europe and an attractive tourist destination of world class. The infrastructure and urbunization problems of the Pirin region municipalities will be solved through the development of tourism, the problem of unemployment will be solved and the local people‘s income will increase. The number of tourists in Bansko has increased recently, which inevitably leads to an insufficient capacity of the ski runs and the facilities in the region. The new ski and golf complex will meet the needs of the increasig number of winter sports lovers with new ski runs, lifts an facilities. PROJECT PARAMETERS The project envisages the construction of ski and golf complex in the “Kulinoto” area in the lands of the Razlog, Simitli and Kresna municipalities. 102 km 102 km ski runs and 33 km ski lifts, including “Gondola” will be built. According to the еnvironmental resources, the infrastructure, which is built up to the present moment and the project routes the complex comprises the “Kulinoto” ski run, which has been already built, the traced on the terrain net of other ski runs and ski roads in the Kulinoto region, as well as areas for which there are ready projects and approved plans, such as the “Leskite” region for which there are projects of ski- runs, golf facilities, roads, lifts, etc. In the Kulinoto region four service activities areas will be built. The connection with the Dautov peak region will be realized through a gondola. There the first complex prject on the Pirin south high mountain slopes is being drawn. It comprises service terrains together with the adjacent ski runs and facilities, the Dautov peak , the Kamenishki peak and the Salzitsa lake areas.The project envisages the construction of facilities, which are situated on the North Pirin south slope with access to the Pirin, Pleshki and Bezimenen peaks. The ski runs and lifts routes are selected so that they almost do not interfere the pine territories and the environmental balance In the region will not be destroyed. Dautov peak SUMMER WINTER CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SKI RUNS AND SKI ROADS № NAME OF THE SKI LENGTH m AREA Altitude Altitude Denivelation Average AREA (m2/skier) Capacity RUNS AND THE SKI ROADS (ha) START FINAL m slope Number of skiers % TOTAL in NP outside NP TOTAL in NP outside NP 1 Ski run №1 1349 - 1349 5,40 - 5,40 1700 1282 418 31 200 270 2 Ski run №2 1402 297 1105 5,61 1,19 4,42 1693 1286 407 29 150 374 3 Ski run №3 993 - 993 3,97 - 3,97 1700 1406 294 30 200 199 4 Ski run №4 845 - 845 3,38 - 3,38 1653 1294 359 42 250 135 5 Ski run №5 891 - 891 3,56 - 3,56 1613 1301 312 35 200 178 6 Ski run №6 775 775 - 3,10 3,10 - 1494 1268 226 29 150 207 7 Ski run №7 688 688 - 2,75 2,75 - 1539 1326 213 31 200 138 8 Ski run №8 1299 1299 - 5,20 5,20 - 1878 1326 552 42 250 208 9 Ski run №9 1478 1163 315 5,91 4,65 1,26 1876 1306 570 39 200 296 10 Ski run №10 1251 1251 - 5,00 5,00 - 1855 1310 545 44 250 200 11 Ski run №11 1593 1593 - 6,37 6,37 - 1860 1325 535 34 200 319 Ski run № 12 Ski run №12 1696 1696 - 6,78 6,78 - 1843 1327 516 30 200 339 13 Ski run №13 1500 1500 - 6,00 6,00 - 1840 1433 408 27 150 400 14 Ski run №14 569 569 - 2,28 2,28 - 1569 1343 226 39 200 114 15 Ski run №15 2450 2450 - 9,80 9,80 - 2130 1355 775 32 200 490 16 Ski run №16 3054 3054 - 12,22 12,22 - 2422 1356 1067 35 200 611 17 Ski run №17 2007 2007 - 8,03 8,03 - 2294 1428 866 43 250 321 18 Ski run №18 2442 2442 - 9,77 9,77 - 2430 1398 1032 42 250 391 19 Ski run №19 1985 1985 - 7,94 7,94 - 2430 1474 956 48 250 318 20 Ski run №20 584 584 - 2,34 2,34 - 2175 1948 227 39 200 117 21 Ski run №21 979 979 - 3,92 3,92 - 2429 2222 207 21 150 261 Ski run №22 22 Ski run №22 615 615 - 2,46 2,46 - 2422 2222 200 32 200 123 23 Ski run №23 508 508 - 2,03 2,03 - 2428 2260 168 33 200 102 24 Ski run №24 829 829 - 3,32 3,32 - 2539 2411 129 16 150 221 Ski run № 25 Ski run №25 995 995 - 3,98 3,98 - 2506 2126 380 38 200 199 26 Ski run №26 1018 1018 - 4,07 4,07 - 2503 2152 351 34 200 204 27 Ski run №27 986 986 - 3,94 3,94 - 2503 2069 434 44 250 158 28 Ski run №28 1110 1110 - 4,44 4,44 - 2511 2064 447 40 200 222 29 Ski run №29 998 998 - 3,99 3,99 - 2346 2051 296 30 200 200 30 Ski run №30 1538 1538 - 6,15 6,15 - 2534 2070 464 30 200 308 31 Ski run №31 1442 1442 - 5,77 5,77 - 2464 2068 396 27 200 288 32 Ski run №32 1486 1486 - 5,94 5,94 - 2450 2063 388 26 200 297 33 Ski run №33 1501 1501 - 6,00 6,00 - 2441 2027 414 28 200 300 34 Ski run №34 818 818 - 3,27 3,27 - 2465 2191 274 34 200 164 35 Ski run №35 1356 1356 - 5,42 5,42 - 2566 2043 523 38 200 271 36 Ski run №36 1211 1211 - 4,84 4,84 - 2551 2053 499 41 250 194 37 Ski run №37 986 986 - 3,94 3,94 - 2551 2000 551 56 250 158 № NAME OF THE SKI LENGTH m AREA Altitude Altitude Denivelation Average AREA ( m2/skier Capacity RUNS AND THE SKI (decares) START FINAL m slope Nr of skiers ROADS % TOTAL in NP outside NP TOTAL in NP outside NP 38 Ski run №38 721 721 - 2,88 2,88 - 2550 2156 394 55 250 115 39 Ski run №39 1518 1518 - 6,07 6,07 - 2568 2001 566 37 200 304 40 Ski run №40 1491 1491 - 5,96 5,96 - 2579 1997 583 39 200 298 41 Ski run №41 2179 2179 - 8,72 8,72 - 2520 1982 538 25 150 581 42 Ski run №42 1299 1299 - 5,20 5,20 - 2538 1984 553 43 250 208 43 Ski run №43 1421 1421 - 5,68 5,68 - 2525 1951 574 40 200 284 44 Ski run №44 662 662 - 2,65 2,65 - 2576 2340 236 36 200 132 45 Ski run №45 1952 1952 - 7,81 7,81 - 2053 1344 709 36 200 390 46 Ski run №46 1885 1885 - 7,54 7,54 - 2060 1353 706 37 200 377 47 Ski run №47 468 468 - 1,87 1,87 - 1631 1420 211 45 250 75 48 Ski run №48 1029 1029 - 4,12 4,12 - 1842 1477 364 35 200 206 49 Ski run №49 1998 1998 - 7,99 7,99 - 1862 1272 590 30 200 400 50 Ski run №50 1134 1134 - 4,54 4,54 - 1867 1708 159 14 120 378 51 Ski run №51 238 - 238 0,95 - 0,95 1653 1558 95 39 200 48 52 Ski run №52 210 - 210 0,84 - 0,84 1327 1288 38 18 120 70 53 Ski run №53 178 - 178 0,71 - 0,71 1315 1288 27 15 120 59 54 Ski run №54 1474 - 1474 5,90 - 5,90 1282 1149
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