The number of Lithuania's residents accommodated grew by 12% and totalled 206 thousand.
The majority of foreign tourists were from Russia – 34 thousand (in I quarter 2014, 55.5 thousand), Belarus – 32.6 thousand (in I quarter 2014, 38.6 thousand), Latvia – 19.8 thousand (in I quarter 2014, 17.1 thousand), Poland – 19.4 thousand (in I quarter 2014, 16.1 thousand), Germany – 13.1 thousand (in I quarter 2014, 13 thousand), Ukraine – 12.4 thousand (in I quarter 2014, 8.7 thousand), the United Kingdom – 8.9 thousand (in I quarter 2014, 6.3 thousand), Estonia – 8.3 thousand (in I quarter 2014, 7.5 thousand), and Norway – 7.8 thousand (in I quarter 2014, 5.5 thousand). Almost a third of foreign tourists – 63.9% – stayed in Vilnius.
Greater than a quarter (26.4%) of tourists stayed in the accommodation establishments of resort towns: Druskininkai – 66.8 thousand (almost the same as in I quarter 2014), Palanga – 29.1 thousand (by 18.6% more), Birštonas – 12.4 thousand (by 22.4% more), Neringa – 1.5 thousand (by 6.5% less).
In I quarter 2015, compared to I quarter 2014, Lithuanian hotels and motels accommodated by 5% more guests. This was influenced by an increase in the number of Lithuania's residents accommodated – compared to I quarter 2014, the number of Lithuania's residents accommodated in hotels and motels increased by 13.7%. The number of rooms in hotels and motels totalled 13.6 thousand (in I quarter 2014, 13.4 thousand), that of beds – 27.9 thousand (in I quarter 2014, 27.5 thousand). The hotel and motel room occupancy rate stood at 38.3% (in I quarter 2014, 38.1%), the bed occupancy rate – at 27.1% (in I quarter 2014, 28.2%).
In I quarter 2015, Vilnius hotels and motels accommodated 154.8 thousand tourists, which is by 3.6% more than in I quarter 2014; the number of foreign tourists amounted to 120.3 thousand, or by 1.1% more.
Concepts
Accommodation establishment refers to a local kind-of-activity unit providing paid short-stay accommodation services and facilities to satisfy overnight accommodation and hygienic needs.
Number of tourists accommodated includes Lithuanian residents and foreign visitors with at least one overnight stay in an accommodation establishment.
