Wednesday, August 29, 2018
International tourist arrivals to Ukraine’s capital Kiev is expected to top 2 million this year.
Head of the tourism department at Kiev City Administration Anton Taranenko said that this year Kiev is expected to receive two million foreign tourists compared to 1.8 million visitors in 2013.
At a media briefing, Taranenko said that 850,000 international travelers visited Kiev in January through June, which is 28.8 percent more than in the same period of 2013.
Belarus was the largest source of tourists to Kiev, followed by Israel, the United States, Germany and Turkey.
Tourism in Kiev saw better times last year, with the number of overseas tourist arrivals reaching 1.6 million.
A total of 25,200 Chinese citizens visited Kiev last year, up 54.6 percent year-on-year.
