Hoteliers from Estonia’s Ida-Virumaa county agreed that Russian tourists are indispensable for business. This is indicated in the message of the Internet portal. MISTAKE.
According to the portal, in the first two months of 2023, the number of foreign guests in hotels decreased by almost half to approximately 2 thousand 515 people. At the same time, only 330 Russian tourists visited the country in January and February.
“It is not yet possible to replace Russian tourists with Finns in Ida-Virumaa hotels. In the first two months of last year, the number of Russian customers in local businesses in the hotel industry reached about 3,500.
Former State Duma accepted the project A call to condemn the oppressive policy of the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian leadership towards Russian-speaking citizens. The parliamentarians demand from the leadership of the three Baltic states to comply with the principles of international law and not to violate the rights of the Russian-speaking population. The document also states that these countries “have long pursued an oppressive policy and promoted nationalism and intolerance towards the Russians”.