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In Lithuania 2.5 million overnight stays were made at collective accommodation establishments during the year 2009. Compared to 2008, this means a decrease by 21.6%. Most overnight stays at collective accommodation establishments in Lithuania were made by people living outside Lithuania, 1.6 million overnight stays or 55% during 2009. The number of overnight stays in 2009 made by Lithuanians were 1.4 million. Poland, Germany and Russia are the largest foreign markets and stand for 40% foreign overnight stays. Asia is the biggest market outside Europe with 46,000 overnight stays. USA stands for 36,000 overnight stays during the year 2009.

Contents 1 Use of Accommodations 1.1 Sources and Definitions 1.2 Arrivals 1.3 Overnights 1.4 Length of stay 2 Accommodation Capacities 2.1 Number of collective tourism establishments 2.2 Bedplaces in collective tourism establishments 2.3 Average size of collective tourism establishments 2.4 Utilisation of bedplaces (hotels and similar) 3 Interest in Lithuania as a Holiday destination 3.1 Total interest for Lithuania as main holiday destination 2010 3.2 Nature holiday: Interest for Lithuania as main holiday destination 2010 3.3 Cultural holiday: Interest for Lithuania as main holiday destination 2010 4 Miscellaneous 5 References

Use of Accommodations

Sources and Definitions

The main source for Tourism Accommodation and Capacity Statistics in Lithuania is the Eurostat database^[1]. Here the most harmonised and complete European Tourism Statistics can be found. Hence we use definitions according to Eurostat directives:

Hotels and similar	Other collective accommodation
Hotels = all establishments Similar establishments = all establishments	Holiday dwellings = all establishments Camping sites = all establishments Other collective accomodation n.e.s. = all establishments

As additional sources TourMIS^[2] and Statistics Lithuania^[3] are used complementary with clearly marked references.

Arrivals

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Arrivals in all collective accommodation establishments	1.0 million	1.2 million	1.3 million	1.6 million	1.6 million	1.2 million
Arrivals development compared to previous year	+33.5%	+20.4%	+16.4%	+15.7%	+2.6%	-21.6%

• Arrivals by kind of accommodation 2009:

1.1 million hotels and similar (88%)

0.03 million tourist campsites (3%)

0.1 million other collective accommodation (9%)

• Domestic/international arrivals 2009:

0.4 million domestic arrivals (43%)

0.7 million international arrivals (57%):

17% Poland

14% Germany

10% Russia

8% Latvia

4% Finland

4% Estonia

4% UK

3% France

3% Italy

3% Sweden

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Overnights

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Overnight stays in all collective accommodation establishments	2.2 million	2.6 million	2.9 million	3.2 million	3.2 million	2.5 million
Overnight stays development compared to previous year	+30.6%	+21.0%	+11.9%	+11.2%	-0.5%	-21.6%

For your convenience here you find a detailed tabulation on the development of overnight stays in Lithuania from the TourMIS database. And here you can find the corresponding graph.

• Overnight stays by kind of accommodation 2009:

2.1 million hotels and similar (82%)

0.1 million touristic campsites (3%)

0.4 million other collective accommodation (16%)

• Domestic/international overnight stays 2009:

1.2 million domestic overnight stays (45%)

1.4 million international overnight stays (55%):

15% Poland

14% Germany

11% Russia

6% Latvia

4% Finland

4% UK

3% Estonia

3% Italy

3% France

3% US

3% Norway

For your convenience here you find a detailed tabulation on the source markets of overnight stays in Lithuania from the TourMIS database

• Seasonality overnight stays 2009

0.4 million Winter [Jan., Feb., Dec.] (16%)

0.5 million Spring [Mar.-May] (20%)

1.1 million Summer [Jun.-Aug.] (43%)

0.5 million Autumn [Sep.-Nov.] (21%)

For your convenience here you find a detailed tabulation on the seasonality of overnight stays in Lithuania from the TourMIS database. Here you find the corresponding graph.

• Regional distribution of overnight stays 2009

Eurostat collects and publishes statistical data on different geographical levels according to the "Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, NUTS". In Lithuania, NUTS 2 is identical with the whole country, this means that Eurostat does not deliver any regional information on overnight stays.

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Length of stay

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Average length of stay in all collective accommodation establishments	2.27 nights	2.28 nights	2.19 nights	2.10 nights	2.04 nights	2.04 nights

• Average length of stay by kind of accommodation 2009:

1.89 nights hotels and similar

1.86 nights tourist campsites

3.53 nights other collective accommodation

• Average length of stay by domestic/international travellers 2009:

2.15 nights domestic travellers

1.96 nights international travellers

Accommodation Capacities

Number of collective tourism establishments

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Number of all collective accommodation establishments	529	524	515	529	542	556
Capacity development (establishments) compared to previous year	+8.4%	-0.9%	-1.7%	+2.7%	+2.5%	+2.6%

• Number of collective tourism establishments by kind of accommodation 2009:

380 hotels and similar establishments (67%)

16 tourist campsites (6%)

160 other collective accommodation (27%)

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Bedplaces in collective tourism establishments

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Number of bedplaces in all collective accommodation establishments	32,000 beds	31,000 beds	32,000 beds	33,000 beds	34,000 beds	36,000 beds
Capacity development (beds) compared to previous year	+10.3%	-3.2%	+2.0%	+4.5%	+0.7%	+7.0%

• Number of bedplaces in collective tourism establishments by kind of accommodation 2009:

24,000 bedplaces in hotels and similar (67%)

2,000 bedplaces in tourist campsites (6%)

10,000 bedplaces in other collective accommodation (27%)

• Regional distribution of tourism capacities (beds) 2009

Eurostat collects and publishes statistical data on different geographical levels according to the "Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, NUTS". In Lithuania, NUTS 2 is identical with the whole country, this means that Eurostat does not deliver any regional information on tourism capacities.

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Average size of collective tourism establishments

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Average number of bedplaces per collective accommodation establishments	61 beds	60 beds	62 beds	63 beds	62 beds	64 beds
Capacity development (beds) compared to previous year	+1.7%	-2.3%	+3.8%	+1.7%	-1.8%	+4.3%

• Average size of collective tourism establishments by kind of accommodation 2009:

hotels and similar: 63 bedplaces

tourist campsites: 137 bedplaces

other collective accommodation: 61 bedplaces

Utilisation of bedplaces (hotels and similar)

2009	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.
Net use of bedplaces	18.9%	18.4%	18.5%	22.1%	26.5%	34.0%	37.2%	37.8%	28.0%	24.2%	18.8%	18.3%
Gross use of bedplaces	18.4%	18.1%	18.1%	21.6%	26.3%	33.5%	36.6%	37.1%	27.7%	23.7%	18.3%	17.9%

Please note: Eurostat does not deliver more detailed data on the utilisation of bedplaces. There are some more details on the occupancy rate of rooms and beds in hotels and motels available at Statistics Lithuania.

Interest in Lithuania as a Holiday destination

Based on the Flash Eurobarometer 291^[4] of March 2010 we can identify the interest for their main holiday destination 2010 of the 422 million citizens aged 15+ years in the 27 EU member states (EU27).

Total interest for Lithuania as main holiday destination 2010

0.4% (1.5 million) of all EU27 citizens are interested in Lithuania as their main holiday destination 2010

92% Lithuania

3% Poland

2% Latvia

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Nature holiday: Interest for Lithuania as main holiday destination 2010

• The Flash Eurobarometer 291 identifies 32.1% (135.5 million) of all EU27 citizens for whom "the environment" has the major influence on their choice of destination:

0.5% (0.7 million) of the EU27 environment as major destination choice criteria are interested in Lithuania as their main holiday destination 2010. [EU27: 0.4%] Upside down this means: For 47.4% of the 1.5 million EU27 citizens interested in Lithuania "the environment" has the major influence on their choice of destination [EU27: 32.1%]

• The Flash Eurobarometer 291 identifies 4.1% (17.1 million) of all EU27 citizens whose major motivation for their main holiday 2009 was "nature":

0.1% (0.02 million) of the EU27 nature motivated are interested in Lithuania as their main holiday destination 2010. [EU27: 0.4%] Upside down this means: For 1.3% of the 1.5 million EU27 citizens interested in Lithuania the major motivation for their main holiday 2009 was "nature" [EU27: 4.1%]

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Cultural holiday: Interest for Lithuania as main holiday destination 2010

• The Flash Eurobarometer 291 identifies 25.0% (105.4 million) of all EU27 citizens for whom "cultural heritage" has the major influence on their choice of destination:

0.4% (0.4 million) of the EU27 cultural heritage as major destination choice criteria are interested in Lithuania as their main holiday destination 2010. [EU27: 0.4%] Upside down this means: For 29.5% of the 1.5 million EU27 citizens interested in Lithuania "cultural heritage" has the major influence on their choice of destination [EU27: 25.0%]

• The Flash Eurobarometer 291 identifies 3.9% (16.5 million) of all EU27 citizens whose major motivation for their main holiday 2009 was "culture/religion":

0.1% (0.02 million) of the EU27 culture/religion motivated are interested in Lithuania as their main holiday destination 2010. [EU27: 0.4%] Upside down this means: For 1.3% of the 1.5 million EU27 citizens interested in Latvia the major motivation for their main holiday 2009 was "culture/religion" [EU27: 3.9%]

Miscellaneous

• Tourism intensity - information can be found e.g. at the Eurostat database
• Employment in tourism - information can be found e.g. at the Eurostat database
• Tourism economic figures: tourism consumption/ share of GDP - information can be found e.g. at the WTTC
• Travel&tourism competitiveness report 2009 of the World Economic Forum

References

1. ↑ Eurostat database 2011 [1]
2. ↑ TourMIS database 2011 [2]
3. ↑ Statistics Lithuania [3]
4. ↑ European Commission: Flash Eurobarometer 291, March 2010: Survey on the attitudes of Europeans towards tourism [4]