Stressed residents of Latvia demand to silence noisy vacationers

That is confirmed by the knowledge compiled by the Central Statistical Workplace (CSO).

CSO knowledge launched in April present that in February 2024, 69.9 thousand overseas company spent the night time in Latvian vacationer lodging, which is 29.8% lower than shortly earlier than the beginning of the pandemic in February 2020.

A part of the local people can rejoice in the truth that Riga and different locations in Latvia have turn out to be quieter, since it’s clear that the leisure enterprise geared toward vacationers creates noise.

This spring, the Ombudsman’s Workplace performed a survey on how residents fee noise ranges in leisure venues. Among the many opinions of respondents printed by the Bureau, there are those who specific an especially detrimental perspective in direction of the leisure enterprise.

There have additionally been calls to streamline laws in order that leisure companies can function with out disturbing Aboriginal individuals.

The scenario may very well be improved by requiring the house owners of leisure venues to offer noise suppression. Involved residents additionally need to set up on the state stage the utmost permissible noise stage in locations of leisure, and municipalities are ordered to find out particular areas the place leisure is permissible.

Entrepreneurs working within the leisure sector might want to receive permission from the state or native authorities, which determines working hours. (Diena)