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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.
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Latgale Culinary Heritage Centre wins EU award

LSM - Latgale Culinary Heritage Centre has won the European Destinations of Excellence (EDEN) Tourism and Local Gastronomy competition in Latvia, LETA news agency reported.
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Rīga named a top 10 European capital for business meetings

The American Express Meetings & Events 2016 Global Meetings Forecast has placed Rīga as the 9th-best European capital for business meetings, LSM reports.
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airBaltic to cooperate with Air Serbia

Air Serbia, the national airline of the Republic of Serbia, and airBaltic, the national airline of the Republic of Latvia, have signed a historic code-share agreement that offers guests convenient new travel options between Belgrade and the Baltic capitals of Riga and Tallinn.
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Latvia enters Lonely Planet's top 10 tourism destinations

Lonely Planet, the popular series of tourist guidebooks, has listed Latvia among its Best in Travel 2016 countries. Latvia ranks fifth in this top, LSM reports.
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Latvian airBaltic airline to cooperate with LOT Polish Airlines

Latvian airline airBaltic has concluded a cooperation agreement with LOT Polish Airlines, known in the industry as code-share agreement. This cooperation will offer convenient connections to south-eastern Europe for airBaltic customers, while LOT Polish Airlines passengers will benefit from better access to northern Europe.
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Latvia Tours: Latvia has few unique products to offer tourists

Estonia is well-known for its countless spa-hotel offers, Science Park and the recently opened Lotes Park. Lithuania has dolphins and a wide variety of spa resorts. Latvia is far behind in this regard because the country lacks unique and internationally known products to offer tourists, said Director of Lidot.lv and Latvia Tours Ieva Keisa in an interview to BNN.
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Lonely Planet lists 10 reasons to visit Latvia

Lonely Planet, the popular series of tourist guidebooks, has published a list of the most compelling reasons to visit Latvia, LSM reports.
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Number of tourists in Riga grows by 7.9% in Q2

In the second quarter of this year, 334,000 visitors stayed in hotels and other tourist accommodation facilities in the Latvian capital Rīga, LSM reports.
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airBaltic to launch Salzburg route

Latvian national airline airBaltic said Monday it will launch a new route between Riga and Salzburg on 26 December 2015, lsm.lv reports.
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The Gala concert of young opera singers will be held in the Latvian National opera

Within the cultural mission for advance of Latvia as a cultural center of Northern Europe which is carried out by Fund “Baltic Musical Seasons”, on August 29 in the Latvian National opera will be held the Gala concert of young opera singers from the different countries of the world accompanied by symphonic orchestra of the Latvian National opera (conductor Martinsh Ozolinsh).