Citizens of eight countries including Bosnia and Herzegovina will be allowed entry to Bulgaria as of Wednesday with a negative Covid-19 test not older than 72 hours, said the Bulgarian Health Ministry.

Besides the Bosnian nationals, the European Union (EU) member state will apply the same rules on the nationals of Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Moldavia, Israel and Kuwait. As of July 30, the nationals of Ukraine will also be allowed entry to Bulgaria with a negative Covid-19 test.

Bulgarian authorities have made this decision to help its Black Sea resorts facing a significant drop in the number of tourists caused by the coronavirus pandemic travel restrictions.