Latvian architects Mailītis A.I.I.M. have commenced construction on the Latvia Pavilion to grace the Shanghai World Expo 2010. The Latvian Pavilion has been inspired by nature and its façade will symbolize nature and its various facets including the forests, the sea, the land, the sky and the wind.

80% of Finns who visit Estonia bring alcohol back home with them but other products have also started to be of interest, National Broadcasting cites a poll by the Finnish Trade Alliance.

The Tallink hotels chain will open a four-star hotel Tallink Hotel Riga in the Latvian capital.

Latvian national carrier "airBaltic" will establish a base in the Estonian capital Tallinn this year and introduce eight new routes in competition with Estonian airline "Estonian Air", "airBaltic" CEO Bertolt Flick said on Thursday.

Starting from the end of March, "airBaltic" Riga-Tallinn route plane will make a stop in Turku, Finland, Aripaev Online reports.

In 2009, 21.8 percent less persons visited hotels of Lithuania in comparison with 2008. The number of guests from the EU countries decreased by 20.2, non-EU countries - by 9.7, Lithuanian residents - by 26.3 percent, Statistics Lithuania provisional data.