Cultural Tourism in Lithuania – Experiencing Culinary Heritage in Regional Feasts

Abstract

Tourism becomes more and more important economic activity in many countries and Lithuania is not an exception. The growth of foreign tourism here was one the fastest in Europe during last few years. Incomes, generated by tourism exceed billion of Euros in 2013. However apart from only economical aspects of tourism, which dominates very clearly in national tourism strategy and in tourism policy, there are other important issues related to the tourism. In particular it is very important tool forming the image of the country and building close connections with other nations. Cultural tourism is of the greatest importance in this case.