Two million visit Riga in 2015

LSM - It is expected that the number of tourists in Riga has reached about two million in 2015, Riga City Council representative Laila Ivana told the BNS news agency. She told BNS that Riga had also ranked fifth in a competition on Europe's best destination in 2015 on e-tourism platform europeanbestdestinations.com.

The first position was taken by Bordeaux in France, followed by Lisbon, Athens and Valletta.

"The voters said that Riga is a beautiful and romantic city with admirable architecture," said Ivana.

28-12-2015

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