The figures were not unexpected given the major impact of the coronavirus and concomitant restrictions on travel, but they still make for painful reading.
The number of nights spent by visitors has reduced by 86.6 % and the number of foreign visitors comprised just 2,400 people, which is 98.4 % less than in April last year.
Meanwhile in April 2020, 10,800 Latvian visitors were hosted at tourist accommodation establishments, which is 82 % less than in April 2019. The number of nights spent by residents reduced by 71 %.
Number of visitors hosted at accommodation establishments in the first four months of 2020
In other data relating to the pre-crisis year of 2019 the CSB said that in 2019 Latvian residents went on 10.4 million trips in Latvia, which is 4.9 % less than in 2018, and spent EUR 363.2 million, 8.8 % more than the previous year. On average one person aged 15 years and over went on 6.6 trips. On same-day trips around Latvia residents went 3.2 times more often than on overnight trips.
