In the coming weeks, the company will evaluate the possible resumption of the route in November and December. The Riga-Helsinki route has been operating every other day since June with the Silja Serenade and two cruises a week with the Baltic Queen from mid-September.
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The company stated that during the busiest period of the season, there were between 1500 and 2000 passengers on board each
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from mid-August onwards, the number of passengers fell,
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and regional governments began to issue new travel recommendations in connection with the coronavirus pandemic and called on citizens to refrain from traveling.
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“The number of passengers on the route has gradually decreased since mid-August, but we have been able to keep the route running without loss. However, after the extended list of” yellow countries “published today, that our business does not suffer losses,
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we have no choice but to stop this traveler ‘s favorite route, “explained Pavo Negene, Chairman of the Board of Tallink Grupp.
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He stated that he understood the decisions of the Latvian authorities to limit the spread of the virus. However, “given the catastrophic situation in the tourism sector and the lack of light at the end of the tunnel, we hope that an exception will be made for those tourists who arrive in the morning and return the same evening, thus creating less risk for Latvian society than for tourists who remain. in the country longer “.
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“A more differentiated approach with exceptions would have been essential to help the region’s tourism industry and would have allowed us to maintain the route between Latvia and Finland,” said Negene.
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Tallink’s customer service specialists will contact all travelers who have booked trips with Baltic Queen in the near future to agree on transfer or refund options.
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