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Saturday, 20.04.2024, 08:55
Number of guests in Latvian hotels in eight months remains at same level as last year
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"The first eight months of this year in general, and
the summer had been similar to the previous year. There are some hotels showing
a 5 % rise, but there are association’s members saying that the situation has
deteriorated," said Graikste.
She told that the results are not a surprise, several new
hotels have been opened this year. Thus, in order to increase the number of
guests in hotels, the number of tourists has to grow steeper.
The majority of tourists staying in Latvian hotels were from
Germany, Estonia, Lithuania, Belarus, the CIS countries, Sweden and Finland.
There was a rise in the number of tourists from Spain, Turkey, France, the
Netherlands.
Speaking about the future, next year several important
international events are planned in Latvia, for example the Third European
Choir Games in Riga and Nations Grand Prix Riga 2017.
LVRA is an organization that unites hotels, guest houses,
motels and restaurants for a professional cooperation. The association, founded
in 1993, now has more than 200 members.
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