{"id":130997,"date":"2025-03-21T14:46:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T11:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/130997\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"bielstat-rural-ecotourism-sites-down-by-50-percent-since-2021","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/130997\/","title":{"rendered":"Bie\u0142stat: rural ecotourism sites down by 50 percent since 2021\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1126\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/agroturizm-34travel-me.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/agroturizm-34travel-me.jpg 1126w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/agroturizm-34travel-me-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/agroturizm-34travel-me-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/agroturizm-34travel-me-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/agroturizm-34travel-me-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1126px) 100vw, 1126px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(34travel.me)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 21, <em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong>. The number of rural ecotourism facilities has more than halved since late 2021 and amounted to 1,408 sites at the end of 2024, according to <em>Pozirk<\/em>&#8216;s analysis of the National Statistics Committee&#8217;s (Bie\u0142stat) data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trend applies across Belarus, with the Viciebsk region\u2019s plunge from 732 to 186, followed by the Minsk region which posted a drop from 1,054 to 410 sides. The remaining regions reported a decline of around 40 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of tourists fell by 24 percent which is primarily linked to the decline in domestic tourist flows, while foreign visitors were more likely to pick Belarus as their destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"106\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/riga-POZ-20240418-106x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/riga-POZ-20240418-106x236.jpg 106w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/riga-POZ-20240418-221x490.jpg 221w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/riga-POZ-20240418.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 106px) 100vw, 106px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Security, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Latvian MPs move to ban tour operators from sending tourists to Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 28, Pozirk. Latvian MPs yesterday approved the first reading of a bill to prohibit Latvia&#039;s tour operators from offering and providing tourist services in Belarus and Russia as a part of sanctions already in force against the two countries, &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/128128\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 21, Pozirk. The number of rural ecotourism facilities has more than halved since late 2021 and amounted to 1,408 sites at the end of 2024, according to Pozirk&#8216;s analysis of the National Statistics Committee&#8217;s (Bie\u0142stat) data. The trend applies across Belarus, with the Viciebsk region\u2019s plunge from 732 to 186, followed by the Minsk [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":130982,"template":"","rubric":[21,15],"class_list":["post-130997","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bie\u0142stat: rural ecotourism sites down by 50 percent since 2021\u00a0 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 21, Pozirk. 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