International sail training regatta The Tall Ships Races 2021, which Tallinn was supposed to host as one of the port cities, has announced it will cancel this year's event and will return to the Baltic Sea in 2024. Tallinn will hold a festival in the city's five ports on June 16-18, instead.
Tallinn deputy mayor Vadim Belobrovtsev noted that the decision to postpone the event was a difficult one. "We were hoping until the final moment that this year's Tall Ships Races regatta would still take place in its regular and spectacular manner. But we were forced as one of the host cities to make the difficult decision due to coronavirus restrictions and the continuing spread of the virus to delay the event to 2024," the deputy mayor said.