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Riga Street Food Festival to take place in Riga's Old Town in mid-January
Riga Street Food Festival, organized by the Riga Tourism Development Bureau, will take place in Riga's Old Town in mid-January, as the Riga Tourism Development Bureau's board chairman Guntars Grinvalds told BC.
Lithuania's Siauliai region creates app for tourists
Lithuania's northern region of Siauliai has created an app for tourists, Siauliai Tourism Information Center announced LETA/BNS.
Tallink carries record 9.8 mln passengers in 2019
Listed Estonian shipper Tallink Grupp carried a record number of 9,763,210 passengers on its vessels and routes in 2019, which represents an increase of 0.1 % compared to 2018 when the company carried 9,756,611 passengers, the companies representatives informed.
Tallinn Airport's passenger numbers up 9% on year
The number of passengers passing through Tallinn Airport grew 9% y-o-y to 3.26 mln in 2019, the state-owned airport company announced.
Estonia: Go Bus to start servicing Kuressaare-Tartu long-distance route from February
Bus operator Go Bus is to open a new long-distance route between the cities of Tartu in southeastern Estonia and Kuressaare on the island of Saaremaa from Feb. 1 as Lux Express, the current operator on the route, has decided to stop servicing the long-distance route, informed LETA/BNS.
Estonia: 9 injured as bus drives off road on Tallinn-Narva highway
Nine people were injured when a bus with 67 people on board drove off the road on the Tallinn-Narva highway early on Sunday morning, writes LETA/BNS.
airBaltic was successful in achieving its objectives this year - Gauss
Latvian national airline posted excellent results this year and achieved all its main objectives, the airline's CEO Martin Gauss told LETA.
Vilnius Airport looking for new departure terminal contractor
Vilnius Airport on Monday called a contractor tender for the construction of the departure terminal in the northern part of the airport. The new terminal will be wedged between the existing one and the VIP terminal with a conference center which is now under construction, informed LETA/BNS.
Latvia: Number of passengers on international train routes up 8% in 11 months
The number of passengers on international train routes from Riga rose by 8 percent to 215,781 passengers in the first 11 months of this year, Latvijas Dzelzcels railway company representative Ella Petermane reported LETA.
airBaltic reports 22.6% rise in turnover in nine months
Latvian national carrier airBaltic in the first nine months of this year reported EUR 392.937 mln in turnover, up 22.6% from the respective period last year, according to the information published by the airline.
Russian tourists still keen on spending New Year's Eve in Estonia
Hotels in Tallinn say that Russian tourists are still keen on travelling to Estonia for New Year's Eve, informed LETA/BNS.
Kaunas ranked as one of the top tourism locations of the future
Kaunas was recognized as one of the most promising cities for tourism in the latest Financial Times fDi Magazine ranking Tourism Locations of the Future 2019/20. It was given a ninth place in the Foreign Direct Investment Strategy category. In addition, one of the most influential global rankers noticed Kaunas in other five areas, Kaunas IN business department informed BC.
airBaltic Launches New Direct Routes from Tallinn and Vilnius
Latvian airline airBaltic continues its expansion in the Baltics and announces the launch of four new direct destinations from Tallinn, Estonia, and five new destinations from Vilnius, Lithuania. In total, airBaltic will add 13 new routes to its summer season 2020 route map, informed airBaltic representatives.
Lithuania opens visa centers in US
Lithuanian visa centers have been opened in the United States, Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday, reported LETA/BNS.
Tallinn Airport passenger numbers reach new record this year
Tallinn Airport served over three million passengers in the first 11 months of 2019, which is 8.9% more than in the same period last year, the end of November also saw the surpassing of last year's passenger record, when over 3 mln passengers passed through the airport for the first time, informed LETA.
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