Analytics, Baltic States – CIS, Covid-19, EU – Baltic States, Latvia, Tourism

In October 2020, compared to October of the previous year, the number of residents of Latvia hosted at tourist accommodation establishments has increased by 10.3 %, reaching 72.4 thousand. The number of nights spent by local residents at tourist accommodation establishments was 136.6 thousand, that is 11% more. The most popular locations of accommodation establishments for the residents of Latvia were in Riga, where 25.6 % of guests stayed, in Jurmala - 14.1 %, in Liepaja – 9 %, in Sigulda municipality – 5 %, in Daugavpils - 4.2 %, in Rezekne and Ventspils - 2.4 % respectively.

In October 2020, 17.7 thousand foreign guests were hosted, which is by 87.8 % less than in October 2019. The number of nights spent by them at various accommodation establishments was 49 thousand, which is a decrease of 82.8 %. Most foreign guests hosted were from Estonia (2.1 thousand), Lithuania (1.9 thousand), Germany and Russia (1.6 thousand).

Most foreign guests were hosted in Riga - 78.2 %, Jurmala - 7.9 %, Liepaja - 3.9 %, Sigulda region - 1.3 %, Mārupe region - 1.2 % and Daugavpils – 1 %.

More information on tourism statistics is available in the CSB website section “Tourism”. Data are published in the CSB database section “Tourism” (short-term statistics data and annual statistics data).