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12.09.2011 |
Since January, 2011, purchases made by Russian tourists in Latvia increased 186 percent, writes the Baltic travel trade magazine Stand By News reports referring to Telegraf.
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12.09.2011 |
Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia, and it is located on the mouth of the river Daugava. It has a population of about 700,000. It is also the largest Baltic city. The city is known culturally for its Jugendstil architecture, which is a German Art Nouvaeu style.
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12.09.2011 |
Tourism industry dropped dramatically in 2009, while this year its turnover has spiked 35%. This allows to claim that tourism industry has been stabilising and 2011 will round up as a successful year, Irena Riekstina, head of Carlson Wagonlit Travel/Kaleva Travel, told the news portal Baltic News Network.
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07.09.2011 |
Nozare.lv
Joint-stock confectionery "Laima" has announced that the ice cream recipe with black balsam and icing ice has received the most votes and will be the company's national ice cream.
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07.09.2011
Latvia's first satellite "Venta-1" will be launched into orbit with Indian carrier rocket at the end of this year or with Russian carrier rocket at the beginning of 2012, Saeima member Dana Reizniece (Union of Greens and Farmers) told reporters today.
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07.09.2011 |
Tiny Latvia boasts some 350 miles of coastline. Near Jurmala, which claims to be the most popular seaside resort in the Baltic region, the dense forests of Kemeri National Park (pictured) are famous for bird watching from observation towers, above marshes crisscrossed by wooden walkways, Forbes writes about Kemeri National Park in the "Top Ten Adventure Travel Destinations You Didn’t Know About".
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05.09.2011 |
In the capital of Latvia, Riga manifested a rapid interest to the original tours of famous cemeteries.
Lately a great interest to cemeteries of Latvia began to show not only tourists but also guides and Latvian historians claiming that the campaign for cemeteries and graves of famous people is only informative and helps to learn the history and understand the characteristics of Latvian culture.
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01.09.2011 |
On December 9, the Hungarian low-fare airline "Wizz Air" will start operating flights from International Airport Riga to Eindhoven Airport in the Netherlands
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01.09.2011 |
Thanks to favorable weather conditions this summer, there are much more mushrooms in Latvian forests this year.
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01.09.2011 |
Riga– this is not only the capital of Latvia, the largest city in the country and largest port.
