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Number of visitors hosted at Latvian tourist accommodation establishments has grown by 6.5%
In the 3rd quarter of 2018, 320.5 thousand Latvian visitors were hosted at tourist accommodation establishments – 5.0% more than during the 3rd quarter of 2017, but the number of nights spent decreased by 1.2% and comprised 587.8 thousand.
Latvian residents stayed mostly in Riga (19.2% of visitors), Liepāja (6.3%), Jūrmala (5.3%), Engure county (3.7%), Daugavpils (3.5%) and Ventspils (3.3%).
Number of visitors hosted and nights spent at accommodation establishments
| 3rd quarter of 2018 | 3rd quarter of 2017 | Changes as % (3rd quarter of 2018/2017) | |||
| Visitors hosted | Nights spent | Visitors hosted | Nights spent | Visitors hosted | Nights spent |
TOTAL | 1 026 865 | 1 953 925 | 964 076 | 1 856 215 | 6.5 | 5.3 |
Latvian residents | 320 504 | 587 814 | 305 199 | 594 722 | 5.0 | -1.2 |
Foreign residents | 706 361 | 1 366 111 | 658 877 | 1 261 493 | 7.2 | 8.3 |
Germany | 99 797 | 178 712 | 92 546 | 168 961 | 7.8 | 5.8 |
Russia | 80 386 | 185 749 | 74 353 | 183 318 | 8.1 | 1.3 |
Lithuania | 70 320 | 131 815 | 72 001 | 132 660 | -2.3 | -0.6 |
Estonia | 53 521 | 80 041 | 51 281 | 75 333 | 4.4 | 6.2 |
Finland | 45 852 | 83 276 | 48 577 | 87 190 | -5.6 | -4.5 |
United Kingdom | 33 825 | 67 970 | 29 264 | 56 212 | 15.6 | 20.9 |
Sweden | 28 477 | 55 560 | 26 338 | 48 961 | 8.1 | 13.5 |
Italy | 23 240 | 40 790 | 21 046 | 37 353 | 10.4 | 9.2 |
Poland | 21 834 | 34 389 | 18 929 | 29 110 | 15.3 | 18.1 |
Spain | 21 556 | 37 354 | 19 762 | 35 232 | 9.1 | 6.0 |
Norway | 19 507 | 42 181 | 19 524 | 40 324 | -0.1 | 4.6 |
France | 19 045 | 38 643 | 15 449 | 28 040 | 23.3 | 37.8 |
USA | 18 997 | 41 653 | 17 534 | 36 710 | 8.3 | 13.5 |
Netherlands | 13 472 | 25 226 | 10 952 | 20 336 | 23.0 | 24.0 |
Ukraine | 10 817 | 20 159 | 8 684 | 16 261 | 24.6 | 24.0 |
Switzerland | 10 652 | 19 945 | 10 348 | 18 990 | 2.9 | 5.0 |
Belarus | 10 579 | 30 310 | 10 061 | 28 509 | 5.1 | 6.3 |
Japan | 10 247 | 14 693 | 7 998 | 11 465 | 28.1 | 28.2 |
Israel | 10 132 | 25 811 | 7 604 | 21 643 | 33.2 | 19.3 |
Denmark | 9 632 | 18 201 | 8 978 | 17 780 | 7.3 | 2.4 |
China | 9 220 | 15 519 | 10 536 | 16 485 | -12.5 | -5.9 |
Canada | 8 486 | 15 619 | 9 765 | 14 143 | -13.1 | 10.4 |
Austria | 7 236 | 12 743 | 7 520 | 11 928 | -3.8 | 6.8 |