News from Baltic Country Holidays
The Baltic Nature Lunch & Reception will take place on 3–4 September 2025 in Manchester and Edinburgh, inviting UK travel professionals to discover the natural side of Latvia and Estonia.
>>>Baltic Nature Lunch & Reception PPT
14. augustā vides kvalitātes zīmes "Zaļais sertifikāts" ekspertu komisija devās apsekojumā uz Kurzemi, lai izvērtētu 6 lauku tūrisma uzņēmēju atbikstību šai vides kvalitātes zīmei. >>> Brauciena programma.
Aicinām arī citus lauku tūrisma mītņu saimniekus līdz 1. spetembrim pieteikties vides kvalitātes zīmei "Zaļais sertifikāts".
Vairāk informācijas par sertifikātu, pieteikšanos un kritērijiem: https://www.celotajs.lv/lv/news/item/view/1431
Latvijā šobrīd ir vairāk kā 110 zaļi saimniekojoši lauku tūrisma mītņu, ēdināšanas uzņēmumu un apskates saimniecību, kas saimnieko videi draudzīgi un sagaida zaļi domājošus viesus. Vides un tūrisma eksperti apseko uzņēmumus, lai novērtētu atbilstību kritērijiem un sniegtu padomus zaļas saimniekošanas risinājumos. Tūrisma uzņēmēji laukos aicināti pieteikties bezmaksas apsekojumam un “Zaļā sertifikāta” saņemšanai.
As part of our BALT-FIN-CIDER project, we’re hosting an online webinar: "Introduction to the Australian Market." on August 28, 2025, 10:00–12:00 (EEST)
This is the first in a series of webinars designed to prepare you for exporting to Australia. We are organising it in collaboration with Gabe Cook (UK), one of the leading international cider experts, also known as The Ciderologist. The webinar is a great chance to gain first-hand insights into the cider landscape in Australia.
Registration link: https://forms.gle/Qbvz4p8Snfd5pwnf7
We kindly ask you to complete your registration by August 25.
Discover unique military heritage sites across Lithuania and Latvia – from bunkers and battlefields to military towns, museums, and memorials.
The Baltic Cider brand was created through a joint project to open the Australian market to craft ciders from Latvia, Estonia, and Finland. As part of the project, cider makers will be invited to training sessions on export processes, while in Australia, over the course of three years, special marketing and tasting events will be organized to introduce potential distributors to the Baltic Cider brand ciders.
More information on how to apply to the Baltic Cider brand: https://www.celotajs.lv/en/news/item/view/1428
This is an open call for craft cider producers interested in joining the Central Baltic Programme project “Exports of the Baltic and Finnish Craft Ciders to Australia”, No. CB0700297 (BALT-FIN-CIDER), which aims to launch exports of craft ciders from Latvia, Estonia and Finland to Australia under a common Baltic Cider brand.
Latvijas Lauku tūrisma asociācija "Lauku ceļotājs" izsludina grantu projektu konkursu projekta “TASTE” ietvaros. Projekta pieteikumu konkursam var iesniegt tūrisma nozares mikro, mazie un vidējie uzņēmumi (MVU), kas vēlas izmēģināt jaunas pieejas, sadarboties un attīstīt inovatīvus risinājumus pārtikas tūrismā. Projektu pieteikumi jāiesniedz līdz 2025. gada 2. septembrim plkst. 18:00. JAUNS IESNIEGŠANAS TERMIŅŠ: 2025. gada 10. septembris, plkst. 18:00.
The BASCIL project partners, in cooperation with culinary tourism experts Hubert Gonera and Niclas Fjellström, have updated the BASCIL Manual – Practical Solutions for Designing Culinary Tourism Services. The manual is designed to support food producers and farmers in diversifying their business activities by developing sustainable culinary tourism experiences based on high-quality local products.
The manual guides producers step by step in creating attractive tourism services using tools and strategies based on the Business Model Canvas. It also includes 12 practical examples from BASCIL pilot regions and summarises key findings, lessons learned and recommendations based on the experience of 88 companies across 12 regions, offering a clear roadmap from product-based business models towards the experience economy.
>>> Manual (English)
>>> Manual (Latvian)
On June 11, Gabe Cook, a ciderologist from the United Kingdom, led a training session "Qualitative experience on the impact of terroir on cider, how to use it in story telling for visitors" - how to welcome the visitors, making the stories and info for the visitors about the cider - explaining about the reason where the apples grow and why Baltic cider is so special in the taste and variety.
