Editing Vilnius (section)

==Tourism==
[[File:Tourism has certainly reached Vilnius - Old Town, Sept. 2008 (2937998142).jpg|thumb|left|alt=A group of tourists in cool weather|Tourists in the Old Town]]
[[File:Uzupis by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg|thumb|alt=Aerial view of an urban neighborhood with some trees|[[Užupis]], a self-proclaimed republic, has [[Bohemianism|Bohemian]] culture and art.]]
According to [[Lithuanian Department of Statistics]], 1,200,858 visitors rented rooms in Vilnius in 2018 and spent a total of 2,212,109 nights there; this was a respective increase of 12 percent and 11 percent over the previous year.<ref name="tourism2018">{{cite web |title=City Tourism Statistics |url=http://www.vilnius-tourism.lt/en/travel-trade/tourism-statistics/city-tourism-statistics/ |website=vilnius-tourism.lt |access-date=14 August 2019 |date=30 August 2011}}</ref> Eighty-one percent of the visitors were foreigners (970,577), 11 percent more than in 2017. Most foreign visitors (47 percent) came from Belarus (102,915), [[Germany]] (101,999), Poland (99,386), Russia (90,388) and Latvia (61,829).<ref name="tourism2018" /> Nineteen percent of the guests were Lithuanian, 18 percent more than in 2017.<ref name="tourism2018" />

A 2018 Vilnius visitor survey reported that 48 percent were visiting the city for the first time, 85 percent of tourists planned the trip by themselves, and 15 percent used a travel agency.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vilniaus miesto turizmo tyrimas ir turistų pasitenkinimo indeksas |date=2018 |pages=10–11 |url=http://www.vilnius-tourism.lt/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Go-Vilnius-ataskaita_Bendra.pdf |access-date=14 August 2019}}</ref> Forty percent said that they visited Vilnius to learn about the city's history and heritage, with 23 percent also planning trips to other parts of Lithuania.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vilniaus miesto turizmo tyrimas ir turistų pasitenkinimo indeksas |date=2018 |pages=12–14 |url=http://www.vilnius-tourism.lt/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Go-Vilnius-ataskaita_Bendra.pdf |access-date=14 August 2019}}</ref> Many Belarusians (about 200,000 [[travel visa]]s annually) visit the city's [[shopping mall]]s and submit half-meter-long receipts to [[customs]] officials.<ref>{{cite web |title=Apsipirkti į Lietuvą miniomis traukia ne eiliniai baltarusiai |url=https://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/lithuania/apsipirkti-i-lietuva-miniomis-traukia-ne-eiliniai-baltarusiai.d?id=73924178 |website=[[DELFI]] |access-date=15 August 2019}}</ref>

Vilnius' Tourist Information Centres were visited by 119,136 visitors in 2018 (95,932 foreigners and 23,204 Lithuanians), a five-percent increase over 2017.<ref name="tourism2018" /> The city's highest-rated tourist services are restaurants ([[café]]s), old-town attractions, hotels or other accommodations, trips to [[Trakai]], parks and other green zones, connections to [[Vilnius Airport]], and food in hotels, restaurants and cafés.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vilniaus miesto turizmo tyrimas ir turistų pasitenkinimo indeksas |date=2018 |page=26 |url=http://www.vilnius-tourism.lt/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Go-Vilnius-ataskaita_Bendra.pdf |access-date=14 August 2019}}</ref> Vilnius is one of a few European capitals which allows [[hot air ballooning]] through the city, with nearly 1,000 trips in 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Šepetytė |first1=Eglė |title=Vilniuje gali nebelikti oro balionų? Kuriamos naujos taisyklės – viskas dėl saugumo |url=https://www.tv3.lt/naujiena/video/vilniuje-gali-nebelikti-oro-balionu-kuriamos-naujos-taisykles-viskas-del-saugumo-n1186033 |access-date=13 May 2023 |work=TV3 |date=4 September 2022 |language=lt}}</ref> In the City Costs Barometer 2019, Vilnius was ranked number one of European capitals for offering the best value to visitors.<ref>{{cite web |title=City Costs Barometer 2019 |url=https://www.postoffice.co.uk/dam/jcr:6f504867-b5f7-4080-bac9-560196e9ef9f/post-office-travel-money-city-costs-barometer-2019.pdf |website=postoffice.co.uk |access-date=22 October 2019 |archive-date=28 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928221813/https://www.postoffice.co.uk/dam/jcr:6f504867-b5f7-4080-bac9-560196e9ef9f/post-office-travel-money-city-costs-barometer-2019.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> The controversial [[Vilnius Palace of Concerts and Sports]], built by Soviet authorities on the site of a Jewish graveyard, was scheduled to become the leading convention center in the Baltic states in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=D. Matulionis: džiugu, kad pavyko sutarti mūsų valstybei ir Lietuvos žydų bendruomenei svarbiu klausimu |url=https://lrv.lt/lt/naujienos/d-matulionis-dziugu-kad-pavyko-sutarti-musu-valstybei-ir-lietuvos-zydu-bendruomenei-svarbiu-klausimu |website=lrv.lt |access-date=28 December 2019 |language=lt |archive-date=26 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226200026/http://lrv.lt/lt/naujienos/d-matulionis-dziugu-kad-pavyko-sutarti-musu-valstybei-ir-lietuvos-zydu-bendruomenei-svarbiu-klausimu |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Hotels===
[[File:Kempinski Hotel Cathedral Square Vilnius.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Exterior of a large, old building|The Kempinski Hotel]]
Lithuania is a member of the [[Hotel rating#European Hotelstars Union|European Hotelstars Union]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lithuania |url=https://www.hotelstars.eu/country-versions/lithuania/ |website=hotelstars.eu |access-date=14 August 2019}}</ref> Vilnius has six [[Hotel rating|five-star hotels]], all in the Old Town,<ref>{{cite web |title=5 stars hotels in Vilnius, Lithuania |url=https://www.booking.com/searchresults.en-gb.html?aid=356980&label=gog235jc-1FCAMYyAEoiAFCB3ZpbG5pdXNIGVgDaIgBiAEBmAEZuAEXyAEM2AEB6AEB-AECiAIBqAIDuALcqNHqBcACAQ&sid=9821c4cb9d28a1a54f7490158105e55e&tmpl=searchresults&city=-2620663&class_interval=1&dest_id=-2620663&dest_type=city&dtdisc=0&inac=0&index_postcard=0&label_click=undef&lang=en-gb&nflt=sth%253D110%3D%3B&offset=0&postcard=0&room1=A%2CA&sb_price_type=total&shw_aparth=1&slp_r_match=0&soz=1&srpvid=b9c1880f5d7c0354&ss_all=0&ssb=empty&sshis=0&lang_click=top&cdl=lt&lang_changed=1 |website=booking.com |access-date=14 August 2019}}</ref> and 27 four-star hotels.<ref>{{cite web |title=4 stars hotels in Vilnius, Lithuania |url=https://www.booking.com/searchresults.en-gb.html?aid=356980&label=gog235jc-1FCAMYyAEoiAFCB3ZpbG5pdXNIGVgDaIgBiAEBmAEZuAEXyAEM2AEB6AEB-AECiAIBqAIDuALcqNHqBcACAQ&sid=9821c4cb9d28a1a54f7490158105e55e&tmpl=searchresults&city=-2620663&class_interval=1&dest_id=-2620663&dest_type=city&label_click=undef&lang=en-gb&nflt=class%3D4%3B&offset=0&raw_dest_type=city&rm_apt_fil_sr=1&room1=A%2CA&sb_price_type=total&shw_aparth=1&slp_r_match=0&soz=1&srpvid=f3568832c19200f4&ssb=empty&lang_click=top&cdl=lt&lang_changed=1 |website=booking.com |access-date=14 August 2019}}</ref> The [[Kempinski]] Hotel, with a view of Cathedral Square, is considered the city's most luxurious hotel.<ref name="imf">{{cite web |title=Report for Selected Countries and Subjects |url=https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2018/02/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=81&pr.y=11&sy=2019&ey=2020&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=512%2C668%2C914%2C672%2C612%2C946%2C614%2C137%2C311%2C546%2C213%2C962%2C911%2C674%2C314%2C676%2C193%2C548%2C122%2C556%2C912%2C678%2C313%2C181%2C419%2C867%2C513%2C682%2C316%2C684%2C913%2C273%2C124%2C868%2C339%2C921%2C638%2C948%2C514%2C943%2C218%2C686%2C963%2C688%2C616%2C518%2C223%2C728%2C516%2C836%2C918%2C558%2C748%2C138%2C618%2C196%2C624%2C278%2C522%2C692%2C622%2C694%2C156%2C142%2C626%2C449%2C628%2C564%2C228%2C565%2C924%2C283%2C233%2C853%2C632%2C288%2C636%2C293%2C634%2C566%2C238%2C964%2C662%2C182%2C960%2C359%2C423%2C453%2C935%2C968%2C128%2C922%2C611%2C714%2C321%2C862%2C243%2C135%2C248%2C716%2C469%2C456%2C253%2C722%2C642%2C942%2C643%2C718%2C939%2C724%2C734%2C576%2C644%2C936%2C819%2C961%2C172%2C813%2C132%2C726%2C646%2C199%2C648%2C733%2C915%2C184%2C134%2C524%2C652%2C361%2C174%2C362%2C328%2C364%2C258%2C732%2C656%2C366%2C654%2C144%2C336%2C146%2C263%2C463%2C268%2C528%2C532%2C923%2C944%2C738%2C176%2C578%2C534%2C537%2C536%2C742%2C429%2C866%2C433%2C369%2C178%2C744%2C436%2C186%2C136%2C925%2C343%2C869%2C158%2C746%2C439%2C926%2C916%2C466%2C664%2C112%2C826%2C111%2C542%2C298%2C967%2C927%2C443%2C846%2C917%2C299%2C544%2C582%2C941%2C474%2C446%2C754%2C666%2C698&s=PPPEX&grp=0&a= |website=imf.org |access-date=2 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Už prezidentinę naktį Vilniaus "Kempinski" – 3 tūkst. eurų, pietūs – 25 eurai |url=https://www.15min.lt/verslas/naujiena/bendroves/uz-prezidentine-nakti-vilniaus-kempinski-3-tukst-euru-pietus-25-eurai-663-580109 |website=[[15min.lt]] |access-date=14 August 2019 |language=lt}}</ref>

According to a 2018 Vilnius visitors' survey, 44 percent stayed in mid-range hotels (three or four stars), 12 percent stayed in standard or economy hotels (one or two stars) and 11 percent stayed in five-star hotels.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vilniaus miesto turizmo tyrimas ir turistų pasitenkinimo indeksas |date=2018 |page=21 |url=http://www.vilnius-tourism.lt/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Go-Vilnius-ataskaita_Bendra.pdf |access-date=14 August 2019}}</ref> The city had 82 hotels, eight motels and 40 other accommodation facilities in 2019, with 6,822 rooms and 15,248 beds. The highest hotel-room occupancy was in August, and the lowest was in February.<ref name="tourism2018"/>