Frommer's Eastern Europe by Andrew Princz, Mark Baker, Hana Mastrini, Keith Bain, Pippa de Bruyn

Synopsis

• Travel to Eastern Europe is booming-international arrivals to Eastern Europe have increased by an average of 3.9 percent each year since 2004

• Destinations covered in this guide are Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Moscow & St. Petersburg, Slovakia, Slovenia,and Kaliningrad

• According to a May 2006 Euromonitor article, Poland has the most visitors (15 million in 2005), with Hungary close behind

• The fastest growing destination in Europe is Bulgaria; inbound tourists increased 17 percent between 2004 and 2005

• Low cost airlines continue to add more routes to and within Eastern Europe

Biography

Karen Olson is a travel writerand former Chicago Tribune editor who lives in the suburbs of Chicago with her husband, son, and three large dogs. She is the author of Frommer's Croatia.

Hana Mastrini is a native of the western Czech spa town of Karlovy Vary who became a veteran of the “Velvet Revolution” as a student in Prague in 1989. She is the author of Frommer's Prague & the Czech Republic.

Andrew Princz is a freelance culture and travel journalist/consultant who resides in Budapest and edits OnTheGlobe.com. He is the author of Frommer's Budapest & the Best of Hungary

Angela Charlton first went to Russia a few weeks after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, and spent the better part of the ensuing decade living and working there as a journalist. She was a Moscow-based correspondent for the Associated Press for six years, and is currently a freelance writer living in France. She is the author of Frommer's Moscow & St. Petersburg

Pippa de Bruyn was born in Durban, raised in Johannesburg, and has now settled in Cape Town.  She is also the a co-author of Frommer's India, Frommer's South Africa & Pauline Frommer's Italy.

Dr. Keith Bain has a doctoral degree in cinema. When he’s not traveling the world in search of fantastic experiences, he spends his time writing and lecturing about film, media, theater, and contemporary culture. He is a co-author of  Frommer's India, Frommer's South Africa  & Pauline Frommer's Italy.