Historically, for most Europeans Kaliningrad is also known as Koenigsberg, former capital of Eastern Prussia. This Baltic coast city was founded in the XIII c. by the Teutonic Knights who conquered the land of Prussian Gentiles. Koenigsberg was a member of the Hansa Trade Union. In 1758 after the Septennial War the most of Prussia became part of the Russian Empire. In 1762 new Russian Tsar Peter the Third returned this land to Prussians. After World War II the city belongs to Russia and was renamed Kaliningrad.
Before 1991 Kaliningrad area was closed for foreigners. Numerous historical monuments, beautiful landscapes and sandy beaches of the Baltic Sea coast, golden dunes of the Curonian Spit, make our region very attractive. Thousands of people arrive here to rehabilitate their health and relax in comfort in beautiful parks, or to drink natural mineral water, or to find amber. Some 90% of the world deposits are concentrated in the region, where the mineral is extracted and processed. Kaliningrad is an exclave territory, separated from the mainland of Russia by Lithuania and Belarus. A unique geographic location, friendly climate, ice- free port along with economic, human and natural resources form the background for mutually beneficial business cooperation between Kaliningrad, NIS and EU countries. Indeed, since the reopening of the city, tourism has become a very promising branch of industry. Within the past years, tourism infrastructure has expanded: new hotels have been built and the range of services has been extended.
All this has largely contributed to the fact that a lot of tourists are visiting the city from all parts of the world. BALTMA TOURS Ltd is recommended by the City Hall as your expert in travelling to Kaliningrad. "Baltma Tours" founded in 1992 is the largest unbounded and outbound tour operator in Kaliningrad area. We offer a wide variety of services for tourist groups and individual tourists.

The Municipality of Kalmar is putting more efforts into tourism. Tourism is becoming more important for the local businesses and the labour market. The diversity of visitor attractions and activities makes the city and the region around Kalmar one of the most visited areas in Sweden. Its strengths are closeness to the Baltic Sea, forests and cultural heritage.
Since 1997, when Kalmar celebrated the 600 anniversary of the Union of Kalmar, there has been local interest to develop the historical and cultural sites and events. As Kalmar is one of the

nationally and internationally. Collaboration with other municipalities in the southeast of Sweden and with countries around the Baltic Sea is of great importance for our future development. Kalmar, in cooperation with other Baltic cities is currently taking part in two EU-projects; Cultural assets for the sustainable development of tourism and Baltic City Tourism. The aim in both projects is to create a network around the Baltic Sea in order to increase the quality within the tourism and thereby increase the number of visitors.

oldest towns in Sweden there is a width of historical remains from different epochs in the area, from the Stone Age all through the Age of Industrialism. The aim is to make the history more vivid, exciting and available for visitors. There is an ambition to develop the concept of Historical Kalmar. An important part is the present investigation concerning the opportunity to develop a new museum for the ship Kronan, which sank in 1676 outside the island of Öland. It is today one of the largest marine excavations in the world.
Cooperation between different organisations and businesses working with visitors in Kalmar has recently been initiated Destination Kalmar. The purpose is to establish a company in order to coordinate the resources and to strengthen the profile of Kalmar both locally,

One of the future purposes is to increase the quality within the tourism industry. The City of Kalmar together with the University of Kalmar are initiating the Baltic Tourism Academy that will offer further education for persons working with tourism. An important complement will be found in the Baltic Business School that will start next year in Kalmar. This will be an education on university level for trade and tourism in the Baltic Sea region. We hope for future successful cooperation within the Baltic Sea area in order to develop tourism further in our cities.