Tourism

It is estimated that Lithuanian domestic tourism this year has increased significantly compared to last year. Both the most popular tourist attraction points and new or refurbished leisure facilities received increased domestic attention. It is believed that tourism could become even more active wit...

American news site BuzzFeed has announced 18 places in the world worth visiting in 2016. Lithuania is also on the list.

The last group Lithuanian tourists in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh will be flown back home on Wednesday at the latest. On Sunday evening, the charter operator Small Planet Airlines carried 178 tourists from the resort destination in the Sinai Peninsula to Vilnius, ELTA reports.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania has issued a recommendation against travelling to Sharm el-Sheikh Airport in Egypt and other airports in the Sinai Peninsula.

Budget airline Ryanair has launched a new winter route from Kaunas to Eilat Ovda (Israel), starting on November 5 with a twice weekly service, Kaunas Airport reports.

The Lithuanian Embassy in Sweden, together with the Lithuanian State Department of Tourism and the Swedish partners, organized the event "Welcome to Lithuania" on 22 October in Stockholm to present the Lithuanian tourism opportunities.

Lapkričio 15 d. lietuvė Justina Ieva Steponavičiūtė atstovaus Lietuvai „Miss Heritage“ konkurse, kuris vyks Pietų Afrikos Respublikoje. 2013 m. laimėjusi Mis Aukštaitijos karūną, „Mis Lietuva“ antrosios vicemis titulą bei tarptautiniame „Mis Tourism World“ konkurse, kuris vyko Pusiaujo Gvinėjoje, pa...

Minister of Economy of Lithuania Evaldas Gustas is paying a working visit to Israel. At the 7th Global Lithuanian Economic Forum in Tel Aviv the minister will present Lithuania's investment environment, its advantages and business reforms and will discuss bilateral economic cooperation prospects wit...

What is the best Lithuanian cuisine can offer - beer brewed according to the old tradition, traditional tree cake (lit. šakotis) or traditional seacoast fish soup? It will become clear in mid-November, when the best Lithuanian gastronomic project will be announced.

Guests staying in hotels and private apartments in Lithuania's second-largest city of Kaunas will have to pay a EUR 0.5 "pillow tax" for every night spent as of January 1, 2016.

Lithuania’s Tourism Department has suspended operations of a tour operator, making it the second tourism agency to lose license this year.

During the 59th meeting of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Commission for Europe, held last Sunday in Medellin, Colombia, Lithuania along with Switzerland and Montenegro were elected to chair the regional commission.

The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has launched a tourism video competition which features 51 entries from UNWTO member states.

To completely refocus on the West or, given accrued expertise and familiarity with the neighbours’ mentality, spend additional resources on the East? Entrepreneurs in many industries ask these questions while analyzing economic and financial indices as well as public moods in neighbouring countries....

Forget Belgium, Germany and the Czech Republic - there are other nations in Europe that brew excellent beer. And Lithuania is one of them, according to TravelPulse.com.

Administration of Lithuania's second-largest city Kaunas will discuss in September the so-called pillow tax for tourists visiting the city, the Kauno Diena daily reports.

Best gastronomic destinations are being elected in Lithuania: 16 projects from various areas of the country have applied to be named the best in Lithuania and presented to foreign tourists, the State Department of Tourism (VTD) reports.

A canopy walkway was on Friday officially opened for the public in Anykščiai, eastern Lithuania. The treetop walk, meandering in the picturesque forest of Anykščiai Regional Park, is the first and so far only such structure in Lithuania and Eastern Europe.

Lithuanians keep complaining about the unbearable dreariness of Lithuanian winters. Why not go for a holiday in India, a 356-day destination, says Girish Shankar from the Ministry of Tourism of the world's second most populous country.

Implementing the Public Audit Programme of 2015, National Audit Office of Lithuania has already conducted one third of the financial (regularity) audits and prepared their reports. The report of the audit of the Ministry of Economy has been presented to the public - how Ministry as well as instituti...