Yesterday, at an awards ceremony in Berlin, Lithuania received the prestigious ITB Health Tourism Award 2025 for the development of health tourism infrastructure, service quality, and international recognition. This recognition is considered one of the most significant globally. Not Just an Honor, but Also an Economic Benefit Kristina Citvarienė, Executive Director of the Lithuanian Resorts…
On September 27, Lithuania received special recognition at the European SPA and Balneology Congress, which concluded in Druskininkai. Lithuanian health resorts and SPA centers won an impressive seven prestigious international awards, with the event culminating in Europe’s largest mud therapy session. The Lithuanian wellness sector dominated this year’s “ESPA Innovation Award” ceremony. The “Versmė” sanatorium…
The European Spas Association (ESPA) is excited to announce that Druskininkai will be the host spa town for the highly anticipated European Spas and Balneology Congress in 2024. The European spa industry will be gathering for congress, B2B workshops, and the Innovation Awards Gala from the 24th to the 27th of September, 2024 in Lithuania.…
The European Travel Commission supports all efforts in developing and promoting pan-European health tourism offer, moreover in pandemic times that put health in our focus. Dec 9,2021European health tourism Summit hosted by Mr Istvan Ujhelyi – Member of the European Parliament, organized bei Health Tourism Industry and supported by the European Spa Association and Slovenia…
The Lithuanian Resorts Association and the National Association of Sanatoriums and Rehabilitation Institutions held an international conference in Birštonas on Friday, 22th October, to discuss the strengthening of resorts, resort areas and the health business in Lithuania in the post-pandemic period. Taking into account the arguments expressed at the conference, the associations propose to strengthen…
Brussels, 17th March 2021. The European Tourism Manifesto alliance, a group of more than 60 public and private travel and tourism organisations and the voice of the sector in Europe, strongly welcomes the European Commission’s proposal to introduce a common, interoperable and mutually-recognised Digital Green Certificate. This digital proof that a person has been vaccinated against COVID-19, has…
Travellers arriving or leaving from Vilnius Airport can take paid coronavirus tests as of Monday. Testing is performed by a private contractor, Rezus.lt, from a makeshift site built in the airport’s parking lot by the arrivals terminal. Kaunas and Palanga Airports plan to launch testing services in April, according to Vilnius Airport. All international travellers…
Lithuania has started three months quarantine due to COVID-19 pandemic on 16th of March. The decision to recall the lockdown was made after the pandemic situation that was getting better in the country. Almost all cases are traced and people in contact are warned about the risks. On Tuesday, the country has recorded 6 new…
The Awards Programme, that was established by the Lithuanian Association of Resorts to be awarded to the top performing natural and legal entities operating in Lithuania’s resorts and resort areas for their active contribution to the boosting of the profile of their respective regions, is gaining momentum. Last weekend three more of the “Summer Lion…
As the active summer season approaches, the Lithuanian Association of Resorts awards the “Summer Lion 2019” Awards that were designed with the aim to honor the top performing institutions and organizations of our resorts and resort areas, our community members, creative persons contributing to the raising the attractiveness of our resorts and resort areas, to…