In the 19th century Lixouri was a popular tourist destination; Richard Strauss visited the town.

In the 1990s Lixouri increased in popularity as a tourist destination and some larger hotels were built south of the town near the beaches.

The Kay Cicellis book "Death of a Town" (1954) begins in Lixouri and describes the time of the earthquake.

Ilka Chase wrote about the town in "The Varied Airs of Spring" (1969) as did Georges Haldas in "A la recherche du rameau d'or" (1976).

Lixouri has a small port with a ferry to Argostoli for vehicles under 5 tons, running every hour or half-hour in peak season.

The KTEL bus service has a station in Lixouri with routes to Patras and Athens, via the port of Sami.