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This paper explores the rural-urban divide in the context of sustainable territorial development in Latvia. By employing a combination of statistical analysis, standardisation, and factor analysis based on 14 development indicators, the research identifies key differences between rural and urban areas. The results reveal that economic activity is notably higher in territories closer to the capital, Riga, although not all urban areas demonstrate superior performance. Simultaneously, urban territories concentrate mo...

Tourism is essential to Latvia's sustainable territorial development, fostering infrastructure improvements, regional economic growth, and social cohesion. However, the sector has experienced major disruptions over the past seven years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, changing consumer behavior, and geopolitical instability. This study examines tourism development trends in Latvia, identifying key changes, challenges, and prospects in the context of sustainability. In 2019, the number of tourists in Latvia was 2...

In the previous research by author conducted in 2016 [1], the indicators characterizing natural resources in Latvian rural municipalities were analysed, looking for connections with the overall territorial development and growth. The study concluded that there are significant differences in the development of municipalities, using the complex territorial development index (TDI) and analysing the available natural resources, such as forests, agricultural land areas, receiving EU funding, etc. The municipalities wit...

Baltic Sea countries (Latvia, Estonia and Finland) are attracting more and more Japanese tourists during previous years. There are several reasons for this tendency ? the Baltic Sea region is safer in compared to Central and Western Europe and offers broad tourism opportunities. High potential exists in the Japanese tourism market in terms of rural tourism in Latvia, Estonia and Finland - in 2018 the number of Japanese overseas traveling reached 19 million, showing increase by 6% over 2017. The traveling patterns ...

Collecting the development of historical theories, it must be concluded that first studies in the field of urban?rural interaction were analysed within the model of centre? periphery while the interaction of both 21st century theories are valued as an important part of polycentric spatial development. Although for the last 15 years scientists have actively focused on studies about urban?rural interaction and partnership, mainly just separate aspects have been studied, for instance, employment, migration, flow of g...