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Statistics on accommodation services in Lithuania

Zita Serafinienė, Head Transport and Tourism Statistics Division, 23.11.2018.Print version
According to Statistics Lithuania, in III quarter 2018, the country’s accommodation establishments (excluding rural tourism farmsteads) received almost 1.2 mln tourists, or by 13.1% more than in III quarter 2017. Compared to III quarter 2017, the number of overnight stays grew by 12% and totalled 2.7 mln. One guest stayed in an accommodation establishment for, on average, 2.4 nights.

In III quarter 2018, the number of foreign guests received by Lithuania’s accommodation establishments totalled 620.6 thousand (by 13% more than in III quarter 2017). The number of tourists from the EU countries totalled 391.3 thousand (by 13.4% more than in III quarter 2017), from non-EU countries – 229.3 thousand (by 12.3% more). Most guests accommodated in the accommodation establishments were tourists from Germany – 97.2 thousand (or 15.7% of all tourists accommodated). Almost third (33.1%) of the foreigners accommodated were guests from the neighbouring countries – Poland (9.2%), Russia (8.3%), Latvia (8.2%) and Belarus (7.4%). Compared to III quarter 2017, the number of quests from neighbouring countries grew by 3.7%, yet the number of tourists from Belarus decreased by 4.7%.


Fig. 1. The largest number of foreigners accommodated by country of residence, III quarter 2018





In III quarter 2018, the number of Lithuania’s residents accommodated totalled 541.4 thousand, which is by 13.1% more than in III quarter 2017.


Number of tourists accommodated and overnight stays

 

III quarter 2018

January–September 2018

Growth, %

III quarter 2018, compared to III quarter 2017

January–September 2018, compared to January–September 2017

Number of tourists, thousand

 

 

 

 

All accommodation establishments, total

1 162.1

2 573.7

13.1

10.9

Lithuanian residents

541.4

1 207.9

13.1

11.8

foreigners

620.6

1 365.8

13.0

10.1

Hotels and motels, total

784.2

1 890.5

9.2

8.4

Lithuanian residents

285.8

762.7

8.3

9.9

foreigners

498.4

1 127.9

9.7

7.4

Number of overnight stays, thousand

 

 

 

 

All accommodation establishments, total

2 739.0

5 889.2

12.0

9.0

Lithuanian residents

1 443.1

2 979.4

13.9

9.6

foreigners

1 296.0

2 909.7

9.8

8.4

Hotels and motels, total

1 458.3

3 461.8

8.6

8.5

Lithuanian residents

502.5

1 292.3

6.8

9.6

foreigners

955.7

2 169.4

9.6

7.8


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n III quarter 2018, the country’s hotels and motels accommodated 784.2 thousand tourists, or by 9.2% more than in the same quarter of 2017; the number of foreigners amounted to 498.4 thousand (by 9.7% more). The number of rooms in hotels and motels totalled 14.5 thousand, that of beds – 30.1 thousand. Against III quarter 2017, hotel and motel room and bed occupancy rates grew by 2 percentage points.



In III quarter 2018, the country’s hotels and motels accommodated 784.2 thousand tourists, or by 9.2% more than in the same quarter of 2017; the number of foreigners amounted to 498.4 thousand (by 9.7% more). The number of rooms in hotels and motels totalled 14.5 thousand, that of beds – 30.1 thousand. Against III quarter 2017, hotel and motel room and bed occupancy rates grew by 2 percentage points.

 






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