This was accompanied by significant growth in the number of hotels and accommodations in Latvia, rising 37% from 607 in 2018 to 831 in 2018, according to a 2020 OECD report.
[2] Most tourists in Latvia come from neighbouring countries, primarily Russia, Germany, and the other two Baltic states, Estonia and Lithuania.
[6] The history of tourism in modern Latvia primarily begins with the country's independence from the Russian Empire.
From 1993 till 2003, the responsibility of tourism in Latvia belonged to the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development.
In the future, for instance, the Baltic States – so far characterised by cultural and rural tourism – could attract more seaside tourists.