Culture, sports and tourism

	2016	2017	2016=100
Culture, sports and tourism
Public libraries (Data for 2015 and 2016.)
Number of libraries and branches	43	41	95%
Book collection in volumes	1 609 637	1 642 296	102%
Readers registered during the year	86 838	79 792	92%
Borrowing book collection in volumes	1 573 907	1 556 130	99%
Public museums (Data for 2015 and 2016.)
Number of museums	19	21	111%
Number of visitors	321 313	368 266	115%
Public theatres and musical institutions (Data for 2015 and 2016.)
Number of artistic institutions	9	10	111%
Number of seats in the permanent audience	3 444	3 429	100%
Number of performances and concerts	2 673	3 041	114%
Number of viewers and listeners	493 149	549 878	112%
Permanent cinemas (Data for 2015 and 2016.)
Number of permanent cinemas	11	11	100%
Number of seats in the audience	16 467	17 808	108%
Number of movie screenings	98 368	102 858	105%
Number of viewers	2 562 987	2 844 436	111%
Sporting events
The number of sporting events in total, of which:	552	510	92,4
international	32	22	68,8