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A Baltic Times article on tourism in Tallinn paints a fairly grim picture of an industry which has expanded too fast and cannot fill hotel rooms or attract enough staff. This year has seen a fall in tourist numbers and a drop in the average number of nights for which visitors stay – at […]

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The Baltic Times has posted an entertaining piece by Joel Alas, who went out in Tallinn on June 5th – the Tuesday night that the new smoking ban was introduced. The journalist finds many of the city’s bars empty, with everyone outside on the pavement instead. He finds himself less than impressed by the atmosphere […]

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Standby News reports today on the smoking ban which will come into force in Estonian hotels and restuarants on 5th June:
According to the Ministry of Social Affairs, most entertainment facilities will not build special smoking rooms as this will be too expensive.
Similar bans are already in place in Latvia and Lithuania.
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