Palanga, western Lithuania’s popular seaside resort town, reported it hosted more visitors than in the previous year, and is now preparing for another wave of tourists who will attend the traditional Smelt Festival. Some hotels are already fully booked, delfi.lt reports. Although most tourists left …
Stephanie Conlon | The Lithuania Tribune As a Lithuanian American, I’ve always wanted to come to Lithuania, we often talk about it amongst friends and family as “The Homeland,” although few if any of us have ever visited. It’s been exactly one week since my …
Lithuania has many things to learn from neighbouring countries, for example, Finland. And the new Government in its plan of measures should focus more on tourism and facilitation of payments in foreign currencies, visa issuance and border crossing procedures. This was addressed by Robertas Dargis, …
Why visit the Baltic States? The Baltic States are currently one of the most beautiful and exciting travel destinations in the world. Made up of three very different countries, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, the Baltic States are the greatest undiscovered region in the world for …
Two Polish visitors, who came to Vilnius on Saturday morning, said they wanted to support their fellow nationals in Lithuania. However, they also meant to stress that the two nations and countries could co-exist peacefully, nurture friendly relationship drawing from centuries-old common history, 15min.lt reports. …
According to Verslo žinios, if you follow a link on one of the largest Chinese newspaper portals China Daily, you would see images of well known places in Lithuania, politicians and public figures, historical monuments and traditional Lithuanian dishes with explanations in Chinese. During one …
According to the 2011 data of tourism in Europe published by the European Travel Commission (ETC), uniting national tourism organisations of 33 European countries, Lithuania is one of the leaders in Europe in growth of foreign visits and overnight stays at hotels, 15min.lt reported on …
Lithuanian tourism companies this year have marked turnover growth – scared of revolutions in Northern Africa, many Europeans choose to visit Lithuania, bnn-news.com wrote on 28 December. «Despite of the fact that our partners are worried about the future of euro, still we have orders …
Heat waves in Moscow have caused Russians to seek salvation in Lithuania. According to the statistics, 66% more Russian tourists came to Druskininkai this year. Consequently, more enquires have been made to the Lithuanian embassy in Moscow. In comparison to last year, 30% more foreigners …
On 14 June, the mayor of Vilnius, Arturas Zuokas met with the members of Lithuania`s Hotels and Restaurants Association. During the business breakfast that have become a tradition, issues that are very relevant to the business people were discussed, Balsas.lt portal reported on 14 June. …
Lithuanian capital Vilnius went up by four positions to 26th place in a European city rating chart in 2010, LRT.lt portal reported on 15 June. Vilnius overtook the capitals of neighbouring Baltic states: Tallinn of Estonia which ranked 34th and Riga which took the 37th place, …
Anyone who took a ride on a Paris metro and thumbed through a free edition of “Metro” last week could admire the view of Lithuania’s paradise on Earth – the Curonian Spit resort Neringa. The newspaper with a daily distribution of some 500,000 presented its …
Lithuania has experienced a dramatic growth in the number of tourists who came to Lithuania in the first quarter of 2011. According to the State Tourism Department under the Ministry of Economy this increase was 39.4 per cent in comparison to the previous year. Ukraine accounted …
The Lithuanian Competition Council has received a complaint from a travel agency, which claims that by posting the lowest prices on flights on its Internet homepage, airBaltic is as if reducing the competitiveness of travel agencies, the Baltic Business News portal reported. On the basis …
The government has plans to grant 4.4 million litas (1.3 million euros) to repair and maintain the John Paul II pilgrimage road, which consists of various churches, monasteries and holy sites. More than one million litas is planned to go to the Tytuvenai church while …
One year after the end of the European Capital of Culture year for Vilnius, Lithuania needs to step up its image in Europe. In recent travels away from the country, I have found that most people in Europe have heard little or nothing about Lithuania. …
Vilnius International Airport (VIA) serviced 1.092 million of passengers during the first three quarters of 2010, 9 percent more than during the same period a year ago. During this year, the number of flights and the flow of cargo was increasing steadily. During the first …
To close it’s not allowed to use. Where to put a comma, when talking about protection of culture heritage and its adaptation to the needs of tourism and business? While Lithuania is desperately looking for a better place under the sun in the international tourism …
The annual old crafts’ festival will be held in the Trakai History Museum this weekend, August 14 – 15. Some 30 craftsmen will be presenting 15 different crafts from the Middle ages. Also, traditional bands and dance groups will enliven the celebrations and there will …
Every guest, who finds himself / herself in the Rokiškis Old Town Square, may easily find the ensemble of the palace of the estate built in the 18th century. From 1952, the Rokiškis Regional Museum has been operating in this palace. The ensemble consists of …
