КЛРНО- ИСОРИЕСКО НАСЛЕДСВО: OПАЗВАНЕ, ПРЕДСАВНЕ, ДИГИАЛИЗАИ ОМ 7, БРОЙ 1 (10)/2021 CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL HERITAGE: PRESERVATION, PRESENTATION, DIGITIZATION VOLUME 7, ISSUE 1 (10)/2021 193 SOCIETAL APPROACH TOWARDS THE SOCIALIST HERITAGE IN BULGARIA Katia Iankova 1 , kiankova@hct.ac.ae Sonia Mileva 2 , smileva@feb.uni-sofia.bg 1 Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE 2 Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria Abstract: The paper propose a conceptual framework of societal attitudes towards the socialist heritage in Bulgaria as a country with controversial socialist legacies in the field of tourism. The analysis aims to investigate the different expressions of sociatel approach to the heritage of the communist period of Bulgaria and what is the attitude, feelings, actions of the society towards this heritage in the post-communist times. Keywords: socialist heritage, tourism, societal approach, concept ОБЕСВЕНИ НАГЛАСИ КМ СОИАЛИСИЕСКОО НАСЛЕДСВО В БЛГАРИ К  1 , С М 2 1 В  , О   2 С “С. К О“, Б Р: В               Б   . П                      . К :  , ,  , 