In August 2021, 255.6 thousand foreign and local guests were served in Latvian tourist accommodation establishments, which is by 14.9% less than in August 2020 and by 0.5% less than in July, according to the data of the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB). Guests spent 446.4 thousand nights in tourist accommodation, which is 16.7% less than in August last year and 1.2% less than in July.
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In August of this year, 148.5 thousand Latvians were served in tourist accommodation, which is 3.4% more than in August 2020 and 19.2% more than in August 2019 before the pandemic. The number of nights spent by local residents was 248.4 thousand, which is an increase of 3.5% compared to August last year.
According to the CSB data, the most popular accommodation places for Latvian residents were in Riga, where 16.1% of guests stayed, Liepāja – 7%, Jūrmala – 6.9%, Cēsis region – 6.6%, Talsi region – 5%, Kuldīga region – 4 , 6% and in Ventspils – 4%.
In August 2021, out of all guests served in tourist accommodation establishments, only 41.9% or 107 thousand were foreign guests, which is 31.6% less than in August 2020, however, by 27.5% more than in July. Compared to August last year, the number of nights spent decreased by 33% to 198 thousand.
The CSB information also shows that most foreign visitors were received from Lithuania (23.6 thousand), Germany (18.3 thousand), Estonia (13.3 thousand), Poland (5.8 thousand), and the United Kingdom ( 4.7 thousand), Italy (3.4 thousand), France (3.1 thousand), Finland (2.9 thousand) and Russia (2.8 thousand).
Most foreign guests were received in Riga – 64.5%, Jurmala – 11.9%, Liepaja – 3.8%, Ventspils – 2.8% and Sigulda region – 2.2%.
The decrease in the number of guests from Lithuania, Estonia and Finland in August 2021 can also be explained by the so-called “Baltic bubble” last summer, within which cross-border travel between neighboring countries and Finland increased significantly last August, according to the CSB.
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