For the forthcoming Christmas holidays all the nine health resorts of the Vitebsk oblast can no longer invite new customers, BelTA learnt from Elena Andreikova, the head of an office of the Vitebsk oblast department of the national centre for population recuperation and treatment. 

During the period from December 29 to January 7, more than 20 thousand people (60% of them are the Russian citizens) will have a rest in the Vitebsk health resorts. According to Elena Andreikova, the Vitebsk resorts are in popular demand among foreign tourists. Over the ten months this year, more than 4.5 thousand foreigners had a rest in the local health resorts.