Culture - a priority for Palanga

by Ms Lina Semetulskyte

Palanga implements the cultural policy pursuant to the strategic documents of the town development, including the Strategic Development Plan of Palanga Town and Marketing Strategy of Palanga Resort. Tourist season in Palanga lasts 2 - 2,5 summer months. Culture and entertainment events are aimed at moderating the impact of seasons. In 2007, approximately 70 various cultural, sport and entertainment events are to be organised in Palanga.

For already seven years, Palanga has been allocating funds for cultural projects. Only in 2007 alone, financing was allocated to seventeen projects related to culture and arts, promoting photography, painting, poetry, dance, .tre. The National Tour-huania is also aimed at son problem for resorts al and entertainment and 2007, significant rt from the Lithuanian tment was allocated to t result, cultural events n Palanga that reduced pact of seasons, as well the incoming tourism, mage of the resort and ironment.

Every year, the municipality publishes a calendar of events. In 2006, the resort festival, sacred music festival, Christmas and New Year events caught great interest of visitors. Events, such as the winding music concert cycle "Summer of pipes", classical music concert cycle, festivals "Palanga summer", "Palanga seals" or "Night serenades" attract many visitors. Additionally, cultural - heritage tourism becomes more and more popular. Palanga and the Lithuanian Art Museum, aiming at preservation of the cultural heritage object of national importance - Palanga Manor, and for conversion of the manor for cultural, tourism, educational, scientific and artistic needs, have been successively implementing the project "Complex preservation of Palanga Manor and Botanic Garden". Attractive and worthwhile attention, the route "Baltic Amber Road" (balticamberroad.net) was developed upon the initiative of Palanga.