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Friday, 29.03.2024, 06:31
Jurmala reports 23% increase in tourist numbers for summer 2018
The guests staying hotels and other tourist facilities were
mostly foreign tourists, with their share reaching 80% in the summer. Most of
these tourists were from Russia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland and Germany.
Compared to the summer of 2017, the number of tourists from
Ukraine and Belarus rose considerably this summer, Leite said. The number of
tourists from Ukraine jumped 66 % and the number of tourists from Belarus
climbed 45% y-o-y. The number of Lithuanians visiting Jurmala increased
by 18% and the inflow of German tourists rose 14%.
The number of Russian tourists in Jurmala increased by 38%
this past summer, but there were also more guests from Israel, Poland, France
and the US.
The number of local tourists choosing to stay in Jurmala
hotels rose by 13% y-o-y. CSB data shows, however, that local tourists prefer
to stay in the resort city’s hotels in spring and winter when the share of
local travelers in the city rises by 30 to 40%.
Compared to the first nine months of 2017, Jurmala saw the
number of tourists grow 18% in January-September 2018, with local tourists
making up 30% and foreigners accounting for 70% of the total number.
“Seasonal analysis shows that guests from Lithuania, Russia,
Israel, Finland and Great Britain mostly choose to spend time in Jurmala in
summer, whereas the inflow of travelers from Estonia and Sweden is
comparatively steady in all seasons,” said Leite.
Guests logging in rented summer cottages or apartments also
make up a significant share of the city’s tourism segment, although it is not
included statistics.