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Number of tourists accommodated in Lithuania grew by 9.8% in Q3
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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
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Number of tourists, 2012, thousand |
Compared to the same period of the previous year, growth, drop (-), % |
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total |
residents |
foreigners |
total |
residents |
foreigners |
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All accommodation establishments |
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III Q |
720.5 |
297.3 |
423.2 |
9.8 |
5.4 |
13.1 |
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9 months |
1572.9 |
665.8 |
907.1 |
11.0 |
9.2 |
12.4 |
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of which: |
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Hotels and guesthouses |
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|
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III Q |
520.2 |
159.4 |
360.8 |
12.7 |
15.8 |
11.4 |
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9 months |
1212.3 |
422.1 |
790.3 |
13.3 |
15.9 |
12.0 |
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Rest establishments |
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|
|
|
|
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III Q |
50.0 |
47.6 |
2.4 |
-2.0 |
1.5 |
-42.0 |
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9 months |
77.0 |
73.4 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
6.3 |
-31.8 |
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Sanatoriums and rehabilitation centres |
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III Q |
36.3 |
24.8 |
11.5 |
-7.7 |
-16.5 |
19.3 |
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9 months |
86.2 |
61.0 |
25.2 |
-2.8 |
-8.0 |
12.7 |
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.
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| 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).
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