The conventional wisdom can t find other options of how to resolve this dilemma of higher than market accepted prices and lower living standard. Let s begin explaining this new option with a brief look at some practices inherited from the communist past of the country. There was a time not so long ago when customers in Bulgaria paid in fact according to their nationality. If you spoke Bulgarian fluently you were allowed to buy goods at lower prices but weren t permitted to step inside a special chain of stores deserved only for foreigners and for some Bulgarians that have worked abroad and had a chance to keep US dollars. These far from the pure market practices exist even today.
Foreigners pay more when they check in at some hotels.
Their museum s tickets are also more expensive. This is how our real estate oxymoron is created and is growing. The difference is obvious. The reason for this is that the Bulgarian magazines are made exclusively for Bulgarian-speaking readers. The on-line real estate sites instead may be accessed by foreigners too.