2024-04-11 15:44:49
“Good day for good news!” We made it! Lithuania will finally be in the Michelin Guide. The rating of our restaurants will be published in June,” the minister wrote.
A. Armonaitė already mentioned that the first Michelin-rated restaurants should appear in Lithuania this year.
According to her, this would encourage the flow of incoming tourists to return to pre-pandemic levels.
According to her, by October 2023, 1.15 million people stayed in Lithuanian accommodation facilities. foreign tourists.
Compared to the same period in 2022, the number of foreign tourists grew by 18 percent.
It is believed that the visit of Michelin guides to Lithuania can cost about 500 thousand. euros.
According to Dovilė Seliukė, a representative of “Keliauk Lietuvoje” institution, talks are currently taking place with the “Michelin Guide” team. “But the process of their coming to Lithuania is confidential. We hope that we will be able to celebrate success stories next year,” she said.
According to Evalda Šiškauskienė, the president of the Lithuanian Hotel and Restaurant Association, once included in the Michelin Guide list, Lithuania will be on the international map of the best restaurants, as such an assessment is a testament to quality.
“Recently, gastronomic tourism has become popular all over the world, people travel by planning in advance and booking places where they intend to taste dishes prepared by good chefs. There will definitely be people who will come to Lithuania precisely because of the restaurants on the Michelin Guide list, and this will have a significant positive impact on incoming tourism. I think we should definitely get at least one Michelin star,” said E. Šiškauskienė.
Estonia and Latvia are already on the Michelin Guide list.
2024-04-11 15:44:49