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Riga visited by 19% more tourists in Q1
BC, Riga, 08.07.2014.
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Print versionIn the first quarter of the year 2014, Riga hotels and other accommodation establishments registered 19% more visitors than in the first quarter of 2013, whereas the average number of nights spent by foreign travellers to Riga grew by 2%, according to information from the Riga Tourism Development Bureau (RTDB), informs BC the Latvian Institute.
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The majority of tourists who stayed in Riga were from Russia – 31%, Estonia – 10%, Lithuania – 8%, Norway and Germany – 6%, Great Britain – 5%, Sweden and Finland – 4%.
The largest increase of tourists was registered from Poland – 56%, Germany – 42%, Great Britain – 27%, Estonia – 23%, Denmark and Russia – 20%, Lithuania – 16%, the United States – 11%, Sweden and Norway – 6%.
RTDB believes the results are influenced by many factors – advertising campaigns, prices and quality of hotels, and Riga's publicity in key foreign magazines. Riga being this year’s European Capital of Culture has definitely added to the needed attention to Latvia’s capital.
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