Economy
Tourism Department
Economy
Economy
Lithuanians discovering tourism in their own country
Last year, almost each Lithuanian at least once was touring in Lithuania – during 2014 a total of 2.6 million travels of Lithuanians in the country was counted, by 2.3 percent more than in 2013, the State Tourism Department (VTD) said. […]
Economy
What made Lithuania the new darling of international tourism?
Lithuania has recently received much attention in the international press: it has been named among top places to visit by publications like Forbes, Business Insider and the Huffington Post. […]
Economy
Lithuania’s State Tourism Department gets new chief
Jurgita Kazlauskienė has been selected to head the State Tourism Department (VTD). Up until now, she worked as the deputy president of the European Spas Association, also led the Lithuanian Spas Association. […]
Economy
38 Lithuanian travel agencies warned over insufficient equity capital
The State Tourism Department has issued written warnings to 38 travel agencies because they do not meet a provision of the Law on Tourism requiring to keep equity capital of at least half of a company’s authorised capital. […]
Economy
Lithuanian Tourism Department to introduce licensing of travel agencies
On Wednesday the Government approved the proposal of the Ministry of Economy to obligate the State Department of Tourism to establish licensing procedures for travel agencies. […]
Politics
Economy
Lithuanian president slams State Tourism Department following second high-profile bankruptcy this year
As yet another tourism company unexpectedly terminated its activities on Friday, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the State Tourism Department (VTD) has not learned from its mistakes of the past, while the competence of the institution’s heads is very questionable. […]
Economy
Lithuanian travel agency gets its license suspended
The Lithuanian State Tourism Department on Friday suspended the license of Fresh Travel after the travel agency, operating under the brand Plius Travel, had informed the authority that it was unable to meet its obligations. […]
Society
World’s biggest LIKE to be lit in Lithuania
The biggest Facebook’s LIKE symbol will be lit in Lithuania’s southern resort of Druskininkai on Friday and a symbolic capsule will be buried to mark the start of the construction of a cable car. […]
Economy
Culture
Economy
Lithuania to promote tourism among Ukrainians
This Friday in Kiev, the State Tourism Department of Lithuania (VTD) and the Lithuanian Embassy in Kiev are promoting tourism to Lithuania. Representatives of Ukrainian travel agencies that are already working with Lithuania and new ones will be taking part in the presentation. […]
Economy
Economy
Lithuanian tourism presented to over 100 Russian journalists
More than 100 representatives of Russia‘s national and local media have visited Lithuania this year at the invitation from the State Tourism Department. […]
Economy
Lithuania’s tourism regulator won’t take responsibility for travel agency collapse
Lithuania’s State Tourism Department does not take responsibility for the collapse of Go Planet Travel, a tour operator that embezzled the money of nearly 1,000 customers, since the regulator’s mandate does not include monitoring credit bureau’s data about the financial situation of tourism companies. […]
Economy
Over sixty Lithuanian travel agencies face insolvency risk
Besides the notorious travel agency Go Planet Travel, a high risk of bankruptcy hovers above several dozens of other Lithuanian tour operators and travel agencies, the risk management solutions company Creditinfo Lithuania has warned. […]
Economy