EU – Baltic States, Lithuania, Tourism

The pan-Baltic travelling promotion trip included ten prominent tourism objects in Vilnius, Klaipeda, Nida, Salakas, Druskininkai, Suderve, Anyksciai, Kuciai, Siauliai, and was attended by most popular mass-media representatives and tourism market specialists from the three neighboring states, informs LETA/ELTA.

Similar Great Baltic Travel events for press representatives of the Baltic States will be held in Latvia on May 26-28 and Estonia on June 9-11, this year.

The ten objects of interest, which included cultural, entertainment, extreme and recreation activities, were chosen for the event by Lithuanian Tourism Department in cooperation with tourism information centers.

Great Baltic Travel 2010 is a campaign for adventurers and tourism devotees in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Active travelers are invited to explore unique sightseeing, historical buildings, architectural beauties, adventure and water parks, museums and areas of outstanding natural beauty of the Baltic states. In total, ten sightseeing places are chosen in each Baltic country, thirty in overall, and they are announced in the beginning of May, motivating inhabitants of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia to travel over and explore their native region which offers so many recreation and travelling possibilities both for those preferring active rest and calm outer activities. The event is held for the fourth year in a row.

The main supporters of Great Baltic Travel campaign are Latvian national airline airBaltic and a chain of hotels Radisson SAS.

Lithuania this year has put forward adventure and entertainment park One on a coast of Nemunas river for active rest devotees; stone sculpture park Vilnoja in Vilnius district for those interested by contemporary art, and those who are willing to step closer to modern ; Vask Figure Museum in Vilnius Old Town, Sea Museum in Salakas village, Anyksciai summer sledge track, manor Bistrampolis in Kuciai, Frenkelis villa in Siauliai, picturesque Parnidis nature path and Parnidis Dune fro mthe top of which one can see the Curonian Lagoon and a coast of Baltic Sea and Kaunas Christ Recreation Church, and historical Klaipeda Castle museum.

In Latvia, tourists are offered to see Godesverder in Turaida, float Daugava with a wiking boat Lacplesis, to visit Aviation Technique Museum, S.Eizenstein Communication Center in Keipene, go to Aglona, have a trip on a river boat New Way, visit Ventspils-based Irbenes radar facility near, Ventspils Water Park, and observe wild horses in Pape Nature Park. In Estonia, Seidla windmills, Soomaa National Park, Jaaniraotu Bird Park, Kasmu Captains Village and Estonian Broadcasting Museum are offered for all interested.

The exact terms and description of destinations of the campaign are published on a website www.greatbaltic.eu, and there area also leaflets for those planning to take part in the campaign and entertaining photo-shooting competition to win prizes. The leaflets are also distributed in all tourism information centres in the three Baltic States.

The Great Baltic Travel campaign is co-financed by the European Fund for Regional Development.