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Estonian tourism boosted by flights and culture city status

Mon, 4 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

An estimated 34 per cent more British and Irish visitors travelled to Estonia in January 2011 than the previous year, new figures have revealed.

It marks a promising start to a year in which the country's capital city Tallinn is European Capital of Culture.

Over the course of the month, British and Irish visitors were the fifth largest market for Estonia, after inbound tourism from neighbouring countries Finland, Russia, Latvia and Sweden.

Estonia's director of Tourism, Tarmo Mutso, said: "Tallinn is one of two European Capitals of Culture in 2011 and this is attracting a lot of interest in the city, not least as a result of the extensive media coverage we've had right across Europe."

Mr Musto added that new flights to the country from Ryanair and easyJet are also having a positive impact on the tourism market.

The news follows recent comments made by Mary Stuart-Miller, the UK director of tourism for the Estonia Tourist Board, stating that Tallinn's old town should be a focal point for any visit to the city.

Estonia looks to increase visitor numbers

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Estonia is looking to increase its exposure and attract a new demographic of visitors next year when Tallin is named as the European Capital of Culture.

The country’s capital city will benefit from a host of daily events throughout 2011, including music, art and photography.

And Mary Stuart-Miller, Estonia’s UK-based director of tourism, is confident that the cultural feast will entice new visitors to the country.

"The old town is the heart of Tallinn city which is raised up with lovely cobbled streets [and] a big wide open square with a town hall. There are magnificent views right across the medieval rooftops and out to the bay of Finland," she said.

To this end, budget airline Ryan Air has announced that it will be introducing new flight paths to Tallin from the UK starting in December.

The news is sure to interest individuals looking for property in Estonia, with the country likely to enjoy a rise in the number of visitors looking to rent homes during their holiday.

Tourist agencies: We’re doing ok

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The tourism fair in the weekend showed that this area of business is doing fine, Sven Lõokene, the president of Estonian Organisation of Travel Agents told ERR News...

Savisaar: PM is doing the right thing about Estonian Air

Wed, 3 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Edgar Savisaar, chairman of the Centre Party, writes in Eesti Päevaleht that Estonia should follow the lead of other countries and support the enterprises such as Estonian Air...

The future of Estonian Air is splitting businessmen into two

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Estonian businessmen are divided over what the state should do in terms of its holding in national carrier Estonian Air...

SAS pressures Estonian government into selling its holding in Estonian Air

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

SAS Group that owns 49 percent of Estonian Air is ready to inject more capital into the airline only if it gets the Estonian government’s 34 percent holding...

Tourism companies agreed on ending cheap trips

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

CEO of Estravel, Anne Samlik told at the Business Plan 2009 conference that to avoid bankruptcy all organizers of cheap trips had to make an agreement to end it, writes aripaev.ee...

Estonian Air’s autumn campaign offers 30 000 discount seats

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Estonian Air launched an autumn campaign with very attractive fares for 30 000 seats into most Estonian Air’s flight destinations...

Riga Airport competition - fatty bite

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In the competition of Riga Airport mega-project two Latvian companies participate as well – Skonto Buve, led by Ivars Millers and Aureus Kapitals, which is closely linked to Ventspils transit business entrepreneurs Olafs Berkis, Igors Skoks and Genadijs Sevcovs...

Tallinn Airport served 1.2 mln passengers in the first eight months

Wed, 3 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Altogether 1,132,631 passengers were using the services of Tallinn Airport during the first eight months...

Estonian Air carries less fuel to save money

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Airline Estonian Air has been reducing fuel reserves on passenger planes...

Estonian Railways to be unbundled in 2009

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Estonia’s state owned rail freight carrier Estonian Railways will be restructured into a group of companies from 2009...

easyJet to suspend Berlin-Tallinn line for winter season

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

One of the world’s largest low-cost carriers easyJet announced that it will stop its Berlin-Tallinn route for the winter...

Chairman of Estonian Air: economic environment affects Estonian Air’s developments

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Olev Shults, the chairman of the supervisory board of the airline Estonian Air, commented SAS announcement to become a major shareholder in Estonian Air, that the standing of the economic environment in Estonia and the trust of the local clients will definitely affect the company’s developments...

Tallinn-Helsinki railroad tunnel to cost EEK 15 bln

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Mayor of Helsinki, Jussi Pajunen, said that establishing railroad tunnel between Tallinn and Helsinki costs at least EUR 1 mln or about EEK 15.6 bln...

Tourists complain of high ticket price for Tallinn sightseeing tour

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Tourists say that they would use the Tallinn sightseeing tour buses more if they were not so expensive...

SAS still wants majority holding in Estonian Air

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Scandinavian airline SAS continually wants to be a major shareholder in Estonian Air and visible in Baltic States event though it is selling holding in Latvian airBaltic...

Number of tourists in Tartu grows faster than the Estonian average

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In the first six months, the number of tourists in accommodation establishments in Tartu was up 5.7 pct y-o-y. The number of staying overnight grew 14.4 pct...

More Russian tourists in Estonia now than before April riots

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Number of Russian tourists was up by a third in the first half year compared to the previous one, many of the Russian tourists come to Estonia using Finnish visa...

Number of Estonian Air passengers down in July

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In July Estonian Air carried 71 076 passengers, out of which 66 266 on regular flights. The number of passengers on regular flights increased 3.2 pct while the total number of passengers decreased 5.1 pct y-o-y, mainly due to a drop in charter operations...

Launching flights in Tartu postponed

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Tartu Airport receives a modernized control tower and a longer runway by the end of the August, but the missing runway lights and landing equipment do not allow launching regular flights...

Dividing Estonian Railways opens door to private capital

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Dividing Estonian Railways opens a door to private capital, as part of Estonian Railways might go into private hands, writes Päevaleht Online...

SAS may sell its holding in airBaltic

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Scandinavia's largest airline, SAS, may sell its 47 pct stake in Latvia's airBaltic rather than remain a minority shareholder, Bloomberg quotes Swedish newswire Direkt...

Number of flights to decrease on Tallinn-Kuressare route

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Due to the new contract signed for serving the Tallinn-Kuressare route, the number of flights on will decrease on that route but on the other hand, a bigger plane will be taken into usage...

Avies loses Saaremaa line to Estonian Air

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Estonian national carrier Estonian Air will be operating an air route from Tallinn to Kuressaare, capital of Saaremaa, for five years since October...

Estonian Air to close the ticket office on Vabaduse Square

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Estonian airline Estonian Air ticket office on Vabaduse Square in Tallinn will be temporariliy closed from August 15...

Travel agencies: cheap trips fill up fast

Thu, 7 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

According to the representatives of Estonia’s largest travel agencies, more expensive exotic trips aren’t overly popular, but cheap last minute and reserved trips fill up fast...

Tallinn Airport served 7.5 pct more passengers in July

Mon, 4 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Tallinn Airport served 160,091 clients in July, which is 7.5 pct more than a year ago...

Renewing Tallinn-Pärnu train traffic depends on the parliament

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Plan to modernise and renew train traffic between Tallinn and Pärnu is awaiting for green light from the parliament, in autumn the members of the parliament have to decide whether developing regional train traffic is advisable considering the current low point in economy...

Estonian Railways profit in first half-year over EEK 42 million

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Estonian Railways earned EEK 778.4 million in the first half of 2008, out of which profit made up EEK 42.3 million, the company announced...

Estonians are EU’s sixth most traveling nation

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A new study by Eurostat shows that Estonians are European Union’s sixth most traveling nation...

Estonian Air to switch over to smaller planes

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Olev Schults, the chairman of the supervisory board of Estonian Air, said in an online interview to aripaev.ee that the current planes of the company will be exchanged with smaller ones...

State to contribute in repaying debts of Estonian Tax and Custom Board

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Estonian Tax and Custom Board (MTA) is lacking financial means to pay the damages to a private company validated by the court...

Finns to look for opportunities of constant transport link between Estonian islands

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Estonian Road Administration and Finland’s company WSP Finland made an agreement about putting together a plan about the perspective organisation of helping passengers and products cross Suure strait and strategic evaluation of possible effects on environment. The contract is worth EEK 13.5 million...

Bye-bye cheap flights

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The price of aviation fuel in Europe rose 41 percent this year...

Number of tourists in accommodation establishments up 12 pct in May

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

According to Statistics Estonia, in May 12 pct more tourists used the services of accommodation establishments compared to the same month of previous year. The average cost of a guest night was EEK 555...

Go Rail took 88,000 people to Russia in the first half of the year

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Altogether 88,847 passengers used the service of Go Rail international train routes in the first half of the year, 66,669 of them travelled on Tallinn-Moscow route and 22,178 on Tallinn-St. Petersburg route...

Estonian Air raises fuel surcharge again

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Starting from 12th July, Estonian Air raises fuel surcharge in the amount of EUR 6 (EEK 94) on all its scheduled flights...

Launching Tartu-Stockholm airway postponed

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Launching the regular flights on Tartu-Stockholm route is likely to be postponed at least a month as Tallinn Airport has difficulties getting the permission of cutting state forest and in addition, the runway lighting is offered at dreadfully expensive price...

Estonian roads will get additional EEK 5 billion

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Estonian government approved today the changes in the investment plan meant to develop the infrastructure of transport, which means that transport objects will receive an additional EEK 5.45 billion investment...

The tourism conference of the year is coming to Tallinn

Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

On 26 September, the third international tourism conference, aimed at specialists in the field of tourism, will take place at Hotel Euroopa, in Tallinn, Esterprise Estonia (EAS) announced...

Estonia recommended to overseas property buyers

Fri, 4 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

People who are thinking of buying a residence overseas have been advised to look at Estonia.

According to the Foreign Property Buyer website, authorities in the eastern European country are aiming to attract holidaymakers from abroad.

Money from the European Union is already being used to market Estonia to consumers in other nations and promote is various attractions.

The website believes this could make a good option for prospective buy-to-let investors, as growing tourism is creating new demand for rental accommodation in places such as Tallinn.

Foreign Property Buyer commented: "The Estonian government has a good, open attitude towards investors and this attitude helps in sales and therefore property prices."

The online portal added that the country also offers a strong economy, low taxation levels and a growing housing market.

Earlier this week, Tom Hall of Lonely Planet described Tallinn as one of the most beautiful cities in Europe.

Tallinn attracts foreign holidaymakers

Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Prospective buy-to-let investors could find the Estonian capital Tallinn a good place to purchase a property.

According to Lonely Planet, the city is the main hotspot for visitors to the European country.

Travel editor Tom Hall said Tallinn and Estonia are considered to be inseparable terms, as this is where foreign visitors always congregate.

This suggests that people who are thinking of buying a rental property in Estonia should look here first.

Mr Hall commented: "It's certainly one of Europe's most beautiful cities.

"It's a very pleasant place to settle in for a couple of days."

He added that Tallinn offers a number of attractions, such as places of historical and cultural interest, as well as bars, clubs and restaurants.

Furthermore, he said the city is relatively cheap to reach, as it is serviced by low-cost airlines.

Estonia became a full member of the European Union just over four years ago.

EU grants helping Estonia to promote itself to visitors and property investors

Tue, 1 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Membership of the European Union is benefiting Estonia as is starts a major marketing drive to attract more visitors and investors...

Estonian tourism officials step up overseas marketing

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Tourism authorities in Estonia are accepting grants to fund the marketing of the country overseas.

European money is likely to be put towards the new promotional drive, which is designed to attract more visitors from overseas, reports the Baltic Course.

Tarmo Mutso, director of the Estonian Tourist Board, said he hopes to increase the number of overnight stays by foreign holidaymakers, as well the consumption of tourism services.

If the marketing drive is successful in attracting more visitors, this would create the need for more rental accommodation in Estonia.

As a result, overseas property investors who have a residence in Estonia could stand to benefit and collect healthy rental yields.

Mr Mutso commented: "Our wish is that a foreign tourist would become more aware of the tourism products that are based on the peculiarities of Estonia."

He added that he hopes visitors from overseas will also take the time to discover places outside capital city Tallinn.

Estonia became a full member of the European Union just over four years ago.