{"id":152600,"date":"2025-08-26T13:25:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T10:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/152600\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"minsk-hotels-see-growth-in-guest-numbers-official","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/152600\/","title":{"rendered":"Minsk hotels see growth in guest numbers \u2013 official"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/minsk_egor_kunovsky_unsplash_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/minsk_egor_kunovsky_unsplash_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/minsk_egor_kunovsky_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/minsk_egor_kunovsky_unsplash_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/minsk_egor_kunovsky_unsplash_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/minsk_egor_kunovsky_unsplash_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Egor Kunovsky \/ unsplash.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 26, <em>Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>The Minsk hotels&#8217; occupancy rate rose by 7.4 percent year on year to 67.2 percent, Alaksiej Rusakievi\u010d, head of the Minsk Information and Tourist Center has told journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Demand for hotel accommodation is mainly driven by foreign tourists, who account for over 70 percent of the guests, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tourist service exports rose by 31.7 percent in the first half of 2025, with Minsk contributing over half of the total, Rusakievi\u010d noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tourism accounts for about 2 percent of Belarus\u2019 GDP, First Deputy Prime Minister Mika\u0142aj Snapko\u016d said earlier, urging officials to extend tourists\u2019 stays and boost their spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dollary_chemodan_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dollary_chemodan_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dollary_chemodan_unsplash_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dollary_chemodan_unsplash_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dollary_chemodan_unsplash_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dollary_chemodan_unsplash_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus aims to reverse tourism deficit with centralized oversight<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 18, Pozirk. The Belarusian Council of Ministers has prepared a decree to transfer the regulation of tourism from the Ministry of Sports and Tourism to the National Tourism Agency, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s office reported. The idea is to place the &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/151673\">\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>August 26, Pozirk. The Minsk hotels&#8217; occupancy rate rose by 7.4 percent year on year to 67.2 percent, Alaksiej Rusakievi\u010d, head of the Minsk Information and Tourist Center has told journalists. Demand for hotel accommodation is mainly driven by foreign tourists, who account for over 70 percent of the guests, he added. 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