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Country Report – Lithuania Mapping exercise: How could creative industries foster innovation in tourism in the Northern Dimension area? Country Report – Lithuania December 2016 Team: Terry Sandell, Lila Skarveli This project is funded A project implemented by by The European Union the PROMAN Consortium 1 Mapping exercise: How could creative industries foster innovation in tourism in the northern dimension area? Country Report – Lithuania DISCLAIMERS This report has been prepared with the financial assistance of the European Commission. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of PROMAN and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union. This report has been discussed with the international expert concerned in relation to the input work plan agreed with the Client, the expert’s terms of reference and to ensure it contains relevant issues and recommendations, which have been discussed in a debriefing session with the Client. This document has been prepared for the titled project or named part thereof and should not be relied on or used for any other project without an independent check being carried out as to its suitability and prior written authority of the Framework Contract Management (PROMAN) being obtained. PROMAN accepts no responsibility or liability for the consequences of this document being used for a purpose other than the purpose for which it was commissioned. Any person using or relying on the document for such other purposes agrees, and will by such use and reliance be taken to confirm his agreement to indemnify PROMAN for all loss and damage resulting therefrom. PROMAN accepts no responsibility or liability for this document to any party other than the person by whom it was commissioned. To the extent that this report is based on information supplied by other parties, PROMAN accepts no liability for any loss or damage suffered by the client, whether contractual or tortuous, stemming from any conclusions based on data supplied by parties other than PROMAN and used by PROMAN in preparing this report. Framework Contract Beneficiaries 2013 - EuropeAid/132633/C/SER/MULTI Lot 9: Culture, Education, Employment and Social. RfS 2015/369412/1 2 2 Mapping exercise: How could creative industries foster innovation in tourism in the northern dimension area? Country eport – Lithuania CONTENTS DISCLAIMERS ........................................................................................................................................................................ 2 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................................................................. 4 1. INTRODUCTION AND KEY POINTS ....................................................................................................................... 5 2. BASIC COUNTRY INFORMATION ........................................................................................................................ 13 3. CULTURAL AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES IN LITHUANIA ........................................................................... 14 4. TOURISM IN LITHUANIA ....................................................................................................................................... 18 5. CCI AND TOURISM SECTOR COOPERATION IN LITHUANIA ..................................................................... 20 6. LITHUANIA’S BILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL CCS/CCI AND TOURISM COOPERATION WITH OTHER ND COUNTRIES .................................................................................................................................................. 21 7. CASE STUDIES ........................................................................................................................................................... 23 7.1 THE REPUBLIC UZUPIS ...................................................................................................................................................... 23 7.2 TALKIN STATUES ................................................................................................................................................................... 24 7.3 ACTUALISATION D PRESENTATION JEWISH CULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH MOBILE APPLICATION ........ 25 7.4 N WIN MAGAZINE ................................................................................................................................................................ 25 7.5 WA ND PEACE ROUTES ...................................................................................................................................................... 26 7.6 DAR TOURISM’ - VILN GAON JEWISH STATE MUSEUM ND KGB MUSEUM F GENOCIDE ................................... 27 7.7 UNEC CREATIVE CITIES - KAUNAS, UNEC CITY DESIGN ............................................................................... 29 7.8 GASTROTOURISM ND LITHUANIAN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT ....................................................................................... 30 7.9 LCAL ‘ETHNIC’ COLOUR - TATAR D KARAITE HERITAGE D E GRAND DUCY LITHUANIA ................... 32 7.10 HERITAGE D CCI INCUBATION - RAUDONDVARIS MANOR ENSEMBLE ND ART INCBATOR .............................. 33 8. COUNTRY CONCLUSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS ............................................................................................ 35 APPENDIX A. KE FCTS D FIGURES ......................................................................................................................................... 37 APPENDIX B. KEY DCMENTS ND OURCES ............................................................................................................................. 39 3 3 Mapping ercise: H could ativ industr foster ovation touri th northern dimension rea? Country eport – Lithuania LIST OF ABBREIATIONS Aonym/abbreviation Meaning AR Augmente eality BBC British roadcastin orporation CCI Cultural n Creative ustry CCS Cultural n Creative ector DMOs Digital arketin Organisation EE European Econ Area EE European Econ Community E European nion FWC Framework ontract GDP Gross estic Product HDI Human evelopment dex ICT Information ommunication chnology IT Information echnology KAFe Kaunas rchitecture Festival MITA Agenc for ence novation n Technology ND Northern ension NDPC Northern ension Partners on ulture NEO Network European useums ganisations NFC Near ield ommunication ED Organisation for Economic o-operation and velopment OTA Online Travel gency QR Quick esponse E Small n Me Enterprise UCCN UNE Creative ities etwork UK Unite ngdom UNCTAD Unite Nations onference n rade n Development UNDP Unite ations Developmen ogramme UNESCO Unite Nations Educational ntific n Cultural rganisation WTO World rade Organization 4 4 Mapping ercise: H could ativ industr foster ovation touri th northern dimension rea? 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