Estonian tourism sector in deep crisis
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The tourism industry in Estonia is in deep crisis, Postimees reports. If tourism accounted for 10% of GDP in 2019, then a decline followed. In the same year 2019, 300 cruise ships visited Tallinn, a year later – 170, and in 2023 – only 90, which is a sad dynamic over the years.
Estonia's decline in attractiveness is linked to inflation with “Estonia's uncertainty” and also the poor infrastructure of Tallinn.
Another good reason is that the Estonian capital used to be a transit point for European tourists traveling to Russia. Now Russian tourists cannot get visas to the EU due to sanctions, and residents of Western countries cannot get from Tallinn to St. Petersburg, the article says.