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In Q1, Lithuanian hotels received by 5.1% more guests

Zita Serafinienė, Statistics Lithuania, 25.05.2015.Print version
According to the provisional data of Statistics Lithuania, in I quarter 2015, accommodation establishments received 415.5 thousand guests, or by 5.1% more than in the same quarter of 2014. The number of tourists from the EU countries totalled 106 thousand (by 18.2% more than in the same quarter of 2014), from non-EU countries – 103.5 thousand (by 14.9% less).

The number of Lithuania's residents accommodated grew by 12% and totalled 206 thousand.

 

The majority of foreign tourists were from Russia – 34 thousand (in I quarter 2014, 55.5 thousand), Belarus – 32.6 thousand (in I quarter 2014, 38.6 thousand), Latvia – 19.8 thousand (in I quarter 2014, 17.1 thousand), Poland – 19.4 thousand (in I quarter 2014, 16.1 thousand), Germany – 13.1 thousand (in I quarter 2014, 13 thousand), Ukraine – 12.4 thousand (in I quarter 2014, 8.7 thousand), the United  Kingdom – 8.9 thousand (in I quarter 2014, 6.3 thousand), Estonia – 8.3 thousand (in I quarter 2014, 7.5 thousand), and  Norway – 7.8 thousand (in I quarter 2014, 5.5 thousand). Almost a third of foreign tourists – 63.9% – stayed in Vilnius.

 

Greater than a quarter (26.4%) of tourists stayed in the accommodation establishments of resort towns: Druskininkai – 66.8 thousand (almost the same as in I quarter 2014), Palanga – 29.1 thousand (by 18.6% more), Birštonas – 12.4 thousand (by 22.4% more), Neringa – 1.5 thousand (by 6.5% less).

 


Number of tourists in accommodation establishments

 

Number of tourists, I Q 2015
thousand

Compared to the I Q 2014,
growth, drop (–), %

total     

residents

foreigners

total     

residents

foreigners

All accommodation establishments

415.5

206.0

209.5

5.1

12.0

–0.9

of which:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hotels and motels

348.5

163.5

185.0

5.0

13.7

–1.6

Rest establishments

5.9

5.6

0.3

0.6

2.5

–22.8

Sanatoriums and rehabilitation centres

23.4

17.7

5.7

–10.8

–8.6

–17.1



In I quarter 2015, compared to I quarter 2014, Lithuanian hotels and motels accommodated by 5% more guests. This was influenced by an increase in the number of Lithuania's residents accommodated – compared to I quarter 2014, the number of Lithuania's residents accommodated in hotels and motels increased by 13.7%. The number of rooms in hotels and motels totalled 13.6 thousand (in I quarter 2014, 13.4 thousand), that of beds – 27.9 thousand (in I quarter 2014, 27.5 thousand). The hotel and motel room occupancy rate stood at 38.3% (in I quarter 2014, 38.1%), the bed occupancy rate – at 27.1% (in I quarter 2014, 28.2%).

 

In I quarter 2015, Vilnius hotels and motels accommodated 154.8 thousand tourists, which is by 3.6% more than in I quarter 2014; the number of foreign tourists amounted to 120.3 thousand, or by 1.1% more.


Fig. 3. Hotel and motel room and bed occupancy rates


Concepts

Accommodation establishment refers to a local kind-of-activity unit providing paid short-stay accommodation services and facilities to satisfy overnight accommodation and hygienic needs.

 

Number of tourists accommodated includes Lithuanian residents and foreign visitors with at least one overnight stay in an accommodation establishment.


For information, see the Database of Indicators.






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