Authorities have started warning owners of tents, caravans and campers on Kara Dere beach near Byala (Varna region). The operation is carried out jointly with the police, the forestry agency and the environmental inspectorate. According to Milen Iliev, chief expert of the regional administration, the beach is a nature-friendly tourism zone where setting up tents and caravans is prohibited. About 50% of the beach area is occupied by such objects.
Under an ordinance adopted last September, placing tents and caravans in Kara Dere has been banned since April this year. Violators face fines from 500 to 1000 leva, and from 1500 to 3000 leva for repeat offences; damaging dunes carries fines from 10,000 to 30,000 leva. If owners do not remove their property voluntarily, it will be taken to a parking lot. This is the first such inspection in the region, but not the last.