Notable resorts include Golden Sands, Albena, SS Constantine and Helena.

Interesting places are the towns of Balchik, Kavarna, Cape Kaliakra - on the sea, Madara - nearby Shumen, Srebarna Nature Reserve - nearby Silistra; Shumen boasts the Monument to 1300 Years of Bulgaria.

On the Danube, important ports are Silistra - fourth largest on the river, and Tutrakan.

Varna is Bulgaria's second financial capital after Sofia; the city produces electronics, ships, food and other goods.

Other important industrial centers in the region are Shumen - production and repair of trucks; Dobrich - big food-producing city, unofficial capital of Dobruja; Silistra - electronics, food; Devnya - big chemical center (cement and nitric fertilizer); Tutrakan - food and fishing boat.