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Jurmala saw number of tourists’ growth by 22% in January-September
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Most of foreign tourists visiting Jurmala came from Russia (22%), Lithuania (11%), Estonia, Germany, Finland, Belarus and Sweden. Tourists from Latvia made up 31% of the total number of tourists in Jurmala in January-September this year.
The number of local tourists has grown 28% compared to the nine-month period in 2016. Among foreign tourists, the steepest increase was recorded for tourists from Germany (2.1 times), Sweden (46%), Lithuania (27%), Israel (27%) and Poland (24%).
Visitors from Belarus stayed in Jurmala for the
longest time - 8.75 days on average, and the average stay of tourists from
Israel was 5.8 days. Visitors from Scandinavia, the United Kingdom, Poland and
Ukraine mostly stayed in Jurmala for two days, and the average stay of guests
from Lithuania, Estonia and Uzbekistan was 1-1.5 days.
Gunta Uspele, the head of the Tourism Department of the Jurmala City Council, said
there was a continued growth of foreign tourists from the countries in which
Jurmala had organized tourism marketing activities.
She said that the steep rise in the number of tourists
from Germany had been due to elderly Germans attracted by competitive quality
and prices of medical spas in Jurmala while the number of visitors from Israel
had increased with the opening of new direct flights to Latvia.
Foreign tourists basically choose to visit Jurmala to
enjoy medical spas and to attend conferences and seminars held in the city.