Ukraine (closed; covers till August 2014)

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An interesting, 3-year old paper about the tourism in the Crimea.

ORIGIN OF VISITORS

Crimea welcomes around 5 million visitors every year. Visitors to Crimea mainly originate from:

– Ukraine
65%
– Overseas
35%

Of the 35% overseas visitors, the origins are as follows:
• Russia
75%
• Belarus
2.7%
• UK
6.6%
• United States
7.3%
• Poland
2.8%

Overall, the numbers of foreign visitors in Crimea has declined since 2007 (Figure 6.1

So the Crimea is actually most reliant on it's own country for tourists. Even if that percentage has declined and the spending per capita is not as high it is still the most important stream of revenue. The decline of Russians is highly interesting, there are similar competitors out there.

I think there is no doubt that tourism will take a big, big hit unless the situations stabilizes or improves.

A bit more up-to-date, the domestic share has increased...

As for the structure of the tourist flow in the Crimea, domestic and inbound tourism prevail: domestic tourism accounts for 58.8% of total flow, inbound tourism for 36.7%, outbound tourism poses just 4.6%.

The citizens of Ukraine comprise the largest share (69.2%) in the structure of tourist visits. The share of 27.9% stands for the visitors from the former Soviet countries (Russia, Belarus, Moldova, etc.). The remaining 2.9% are associated with the tourists from other parts of the world.