Analytics, Baltic States – CIS, EU – Baltic States, Good for Business, Lithuania, Tourism

The number of tourists from the EU countries made up 261.6 thousand (by 4.1% more than in the same quarter 2011), tourists from non-EU countries – 161.6 thousand (by 31.6% more).

The majority of foreign tourists were from Germany – 71.7 thousand (in III quarter 2011, 63.5 thousand), Russia – 71.5 thousand (in III quarter 2011, 50.2 thousand), Poland – 47.2 thousand (in III quarter 2011, 48.6 thousand), Belarus – 32.9 thousand (in III quarter 2011, 21.8 thousand), Latvia – 25 thousand (in III quarter 2011, 21.5 thousand), Finland – 14.4 thousand (in III quarter 2011, 12.8 thousand), the United Kingdom – 13.8 thousand (in III quarter 2011, 10.8 thousand), Italy –13.7 thousand (in III quarter 2011, 15.6 thousand), and Estonia – 13.7 thousand (in III quarter 2011, 13.2 thousand). The number of Lithuania's residents accommodated grew by 5.4 per cent and totalled 297.3 thousand.

Table 1. Number of tourists in accommodation establishments

In III quarter 2012, almost one-third of tourists stayed in the accommodation establishments of resort towns: Palanga – 101.1 thousand (by 4.3 per cent more than in III quarter 2011), Druskininkai – 74.8 thousand (by 18.6% more), Neringa – 32.1 thousand (by 1.2% more), Birstonas – 7.6 thousand (by 10.1% more).

Over the nine months of 2012, accommodation establishments received 1.6 million tourists.

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

In January-September 2012, accommodation establishments received 1.6 million tourists, or by 11% more than in the same period of 2011; the number of foreigners amounted to 907.1 thousand (by 12.4% more).