Tiny Estonia emerges as tourist mecca

Thirty years after seeing off the Soviets in a singing revolution, Estonia hums new tune as tourist mecca

ANDRE RAMSHAW, Vancouver Sun, June 2021

Fought over by powerful neighbours for centuries, the pocket powerhouse of Estonia is emerging from the shadows of the pandemic never more proud of its high-tech pedigree and easily accessible history. From the money-transfer service Wise to the video-communications platform Skype, the tiny Baltic republic has plugged into emerging technologies in a big way since regaining independence in 1991 after a “singing revolution” that saw off the czars of the Soviet Union.

When not busily coding the next disruptive computer application – the Estonian capital Tallinn has Europe’s highest per capita number of startups – its young and well-educated population is busy welcoming cruise-line operators, stag-and-hen revellers and day-trippers to its burgeoning tourism sector.

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