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Lithuania’s businesses in Palanga don’t expect tourist influx

BC, Vilnius, 21.06.2016.Print version
Despite the opening of new air routes connecting Palanga with Minsk and Kiev, businesses in the Lithuanian seaside resort town do not expect an influx of tourists thus far, the Lietuvos Rytas daily reports on June 21st, cites LETA/BNS.

“Same as the Georgians, the Ukrainians still find it difficult to get into the European Union’s countries. I’ve seen several cases where a group of people from Ukraine books rooms, pays money for accommodation but eventually fails to obtain Lithuania’s visas. We then have to pay their money back, yet they lose some money due to transfer fees,” Kristupas Sliogeris, director of Palangos Zuvedra, the biggest hotel in Palanga, told the daily.

 

Last weekend, an aircraft of Belarus flagship carrier Belavia brought 49 people to Palanga.

 

However, that group largely consisted of Belarus reporters and representatives of tourism companies and the administration of Belavia. Meanwhile, an aircraft of Ukraine International Airlines, which landed in Palanga, had only 59 passengers on board.






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