Tourists come on average for a week and spend $ 3 thousand during this time. Residents of Saudi Arabia in Ukraine are attracted by nature and a temperate climate. After 45 ° C even our + 33 ° C is comfortable for them.
“The weather like now reminds me of the winter in Saudi Arabia,” the tourist admitted.
According to the manager of the Lviv hotel Olga Dzedzik, they come to Ukraine wealthy people.
“They come with very large suitcases, it is important for them to move around the floors comfortably, the elevator is very important,” she said.
Chapter State Agency for Tourism Development Maryana Oleskiv noted that this is the first time since the beginning of the pandemic such large flows of tourists come to Ukraine from a certain country.
“We are starting to return to the volumes of 2019 much faster than, for example, European countries,” Oleskiv explained.
She named several reasons for this trend: in 2020, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree on visa-free travel for the Gulf countries. A month ago, the Saudi low-cost airline Flynas launched daily direct flights to Kiev and then to Lviv.
Tourist Muhamid and his wife are conducting a honeymoon in Ukraine. The man noted that they like everything, only halal food in restaurants is missing.
TSN notes that at the Bukovel ski resort in Ivano-Frankivsk region, 85% of holidaymakers today are Arabs. For them translated menu in Arabic and specially prepared new dishes.
According to experts, tourists from the Persian Gulf have already spent in Ukraine from $30 million to $50 million. By the end of the season, about 50 thousand travelers will arrive in Ukraine.
Oleskiv on July 6 said that influx of tourists from Saudi Arabia to Ukraine associated with the abolition of visas for a number of Gulf countries.
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