The holiday habits of the Latvians have changed since the economic crisis, a new survey from the DNB Latvijas barometrs Institute shows.
The economic-liberal daily Dienas comments on the development: “Six years ago almost all Latvians wanted to spend their holidays in the Mediterranean. Now this new survey tells us that one in two Lithuanians are spending their holidays at home. Those polled favoured history, culture, architecture and nature ‘made in Latvia’.
Ever fewer people are travelling abroad because it is more expensive and many Lithuanians have discovered that they can also spend their holidays very pleasantly in Lithuania. … Other trends, however, are less positive. One in ten holidaymakers take out bank loans to finance their holidays or borrow money from friends and acquaintances. This proves that many people haven’t really learned their lesson from the economic crisis. We should not really be wasting our money on things which we can quite easily go without.”
Source: Eurotopics - Dienas Bizness - Latvia
In Latvian: http://www.db.lv/viedokli/blogi/arnis-kaktins/ka-krize-ietekmejusi-celosanas-paradumu-mainu-397461