{"id":16508,"date":"2019-03-12T16:41:22","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T14:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/tourism-in-sofia\/"},"modified":"2021-07-26T11:59:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T08:59:06","slug":"tourism-in-sofia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/tourism-in-sofia\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourism in Sofia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"modal-ready\">[vc_row parallax=&#8221;content-moving-fade&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;16968&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1555354695570{padding-top: 18% !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1463389365077{padding-right: 40% !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;top-to-bottom&#8221;]\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding: 40px 20px; color: white; background: linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(0,181,241,1) 0%, rgba(0,94,152,0.84) 100%); filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#00b5f1', endColorstr='#005e98', GradientType=1 );\">Sofia had the 2nd highest growth in Europe in international visitors in 2017. 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