SACRAL TOURISM: Poles coming, but without their purses

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SACRAL TOURISM: Poles coming, but without their purses

Jul 30, 2008
By Adam Mullett

CATHOLIC COUSINS: Many of the visitors to Lithuanian religious sites are Polish.

VILNIUS - Polish tour groups are the most common but least profitable religious tourists that come to Lithuania, tourism experts say. Most come for the religious landmarks that pepper the Lithuanian countryside. Vilnius has many of the most beautiful churches in the Baltic region. Over 20 are maintained in the city, and many more are still standing in the rest of the country. “Religious tourism is the most developed tourism in Lithuania,” said Dr. Rima Jakyte, head of the Information, Analysis ...

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