NEED TO KNOW 2022
Riga offers vivid and contrasting tourism infrastructure. Its small boutique concept hotels are located next to modern and contemporary larger hotels. Riga is home to the largest hotel in the Baltics – Radisson Blu Latvija with 571 guest rooms. Riga’s city restaurants offer modern Latvian cuisine to surprise and satisfy the most demanding gourmet eaters. Riga for meetings and event planners is like a chocolate shop – there is a variety of flavours for everyone!
The city offers a wide variety of cultural and historical activities. Various museums and exhibition halls, alongside a great meeting offer, render the city a must-visit for classical music and opera lovers. There are numerous parks and gardens in the city centre, and visitors can even meet beavers in the canal in the city.
BEST INCENTIVE IDEA
Local DMCs are providing tailor-made incentive programs, depending on the clients’ requirements and their CSR programs.
BEST KEPT SECRETS
Riga is a safe, reliable and affordable meetings and events destination in the Northern Europe region, which is easy to reach from more than 100 destinations throughout Europe.
PERFECT GIFT
Riga’s unique gifts include Riga Black Balsam, Latvian dark rye bread or Abavas rhubarb sparkling wine for adults and ‘Gotiņa” milk toffee candies for kids.
TOP EVENTS IN 2022
This year, Riga will play host to the 5G Techritory Riga Conference, Riga COMM 2022, 18th Congress of the Baltic Association of Dermatovenerologists, LATO Riga Conference 2022, and numerous smaller events.
MTLG EVALUATION 2021
DESTINATION FINAL GRADE
RIGA INDIVIDUAL GRADES 2021 | |
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Natural and cultural factors | 4.69 |
General and transport infrastructure | 4.67 |
Tourist infrastructure | 4.77 |
Meeting infrastructure | 4.72 |
Subjective grade | 4.78 |
Marketing Buzz | 4.55 |
ICCA index - worldwide ranking | 3.62 |
Numbeo Quality of life Index | 2.87 |
Numbeo Safety Index | 3.41 |
ACI Airport Connectivity Index | 3.71 |
Nomad List Overall Score | 3.68 |
FINAL GRADE | 4.18 |