News from Baltic Country Holidays
News from Baltic Country Holidays
On behalf of Latvia Travel and Baltic Nature Tourism, we are delighted to invite you to a product presentation seminar and a networking reception at the Latvian Embassy in London on Thursday 18th April 2024. Come and hear the latest news and tourism developments from Latvia and the Baltic States as well as meeting Latvian nature tourism suppliers joining us for the afternoon. Now, with additional flights to Riga, there has never been a better time to promote one of the most beautiful and natural destinations in Europe, Engage in discussions with Latvian partners along with drinks and authentic snacks including some Latvian specialities!
18 Apr 2024, 15:00 – 17:30
Embassy of the Republic of Latvia, 45 Nottingham Pl, London W1U 5LY, UK
>>> Program (PDF)
>>> Presentation (PDF - Asnāte Ziemele, Lauku ceļotājs)
On March 11 and 12, the Baltic Nature Tourism project team from Latvia and Estonia met for a spring meeting in Tallinn.
Baltic Nature Tourism's platform balticnaturetourism.com, created last year, currently unites more than 100 entrepreneurs in Latvia and Estonia. Its purpose is to provide a starting point for nature tourism entrepreneurs in Latvia and Estonia to reach the UK market. Baltic Nature Tourism is not a reservation system, but an online platform where it is easy for travelers and tour operators to find the offer they are interested in and communicate directly with entrepreneurs by making a reservation without an intermediary.
During the meeting, we looked back at the work done so far and together we planned the upcoming activities.
>>> Presentaion (Asnate Ziemele, Lauku celotajs, Latvia)
>>> Presentation (Anna Saļņikova, Lauku celotajs, Latvia)
>>> Presentation (Andy Fairburn & Paul Wagner, Nordic Tourism Collective, UK)
>>> Photo gallery
>>> Meeting minutes
This week, 26-27 February, partners from Latvia and Lithuania of the new project "Extending the Baltic military heritage tourism product in Lithuania and South Latvia (Military Heritage II)" met in the first partner meeting in Riga in order to start active work on the expansion and development of the Baltic military heritage tourism product.
The networking cruise for all the captains of tourism industry. Networking on a ship - is it possible? Yes, it is! On the way from Helsinki to Stockholm we were participating in discussion about tourism in the Baltics with the representatives of key players of the industry from Germany, Mediterranean, North America, Latin America, South East Asia, Japan, India and Caucasus.
On the 13th and 14th of November the future of Nordic nature tourism is discussed.
On October 25, we participated in the "Smart Wednesday" organized by the Latvian Rural Forum to present one of our latest projects "Change Creators. Innovative business models for the non-urban creative sectors". The main aim of the project is to contribute to innovation, sustainability and resilience of the alternative cultural and creative places (ACaCPs) located on the sparsely populated areas through discovering, testing and introducing new business models and audience development models.
During the online meeting, we informed about the project idea, goals, planned works and already completed tasks. We also shared the conclusions and recommendations that arose during the national research, surveying and interviewing alternative culture and creative places in Latvia.
Lauku ceļotājs no 18. līdz 20. oktobrim projekta "Pamatzināšanu uzlabošana tūrismā ieinteresēto personu vidū aizsargājamās dabas teritorijās ilgtspējīgākam tūrismam Ziemeļvalstu – Baltijas reģionā" ietvaros organizēja pieredzes apmaiņas braucienu tūrisma uzņēmēju pārstāvjiem no Igaunijas, Zviedrijas un Latvijas.
10/19/2023
The Nature Tourism is one of tourism's fastest growing sectors. On October 19, Nature tourism experts from across the Baltic and Nordic region discused the emergence and development of nature-based holidays and how experiential travel is now such an important and often-requested option for our customers today. The webinar was attended by participants who are able to see and hear of the latest products to emerge in the sector and expected developments in the future, all part of the journey towards sustainable travel.
Panellists:
- Asnate Ziemele, President, Baltic Nature Tourism, Latvia & Estonia (>>> Presentation - PDF)
- Matijs Babris, President, Latvian Nature Tourism Association (>>> Presentation - PDF)
- Sylvia Adams, Founder, Amazing Nature Scandinavia, Sweden
- Åsmund Bakke, Owner, Folgefonni Glacier Team
The community of hiking enthusiasts continues to grow; therefore, the Latvian Rural Tourism Association "Lauku ceļotājs" has come up with an initiative to make long-distance hiking routes "The Forest Trail / Mežtaka" and "The Baltic Coastal Hiking Route / Jūrtaka" more accessible to various segments of the society, including families with young children, seniors, people with mobility difficulties, or other limitations. In collaboration with organizations representing these community groups and project partners from Latvia and Estonia, environmental accessibility solutions will be developed, providing the opportunity for a wider range of the community to enjoy the hiking experience.
>>> Summary (presentations, photos, videos)
From September 21 to 22, the team of the project "Change Creators. Innovative business models for the non-urban creative sectors" met in Ascoli Piceno, Italy. It was the second meeting of partners to discuss what has already been done in the project and what is still planned.