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Number of British tourists in Latvia and Estonia is decreasing, but growing in Lithuania
Juhan Tere, BC, Tallinn, 25.11.2009.
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Print versionThe number of British tourists visiting Latvia and Estonia in reducing, but, at the same time, the number is growing in Lithuania, according to the United Kingdom's statistical office's data.
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In the second quarter of this year Latvia was visited by approximately 11.1% less tourists from the United Kingdom than a year ago; the number of British tourists in Q2 plunged even more in Estonia: by 69.2% year-on-year.
On the other hand, the number of British tourists visiting Lithuania in the second quarter was 30% higher than a year ago, writes BBN/LETA.
Sven Lõokene, president of the Estonian association of travel agencies, says that the number of incoming British tourists has been falling on a consistent basis. "The main reason is that the economic recession in UK started earlier than in most other EU countries including Estonia," said Lõokene.
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