Crimea set a record for 27 years
Almost 7 million tourists visited Crimea in 2018 – this is a record number over the past 27 years. Such data was announced at a press conference in Simferopol by the chairman of the Crimean State Council Committee on Sanatorium-Resort Complex and Tourism, Alexey Chernyak, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“As of December 21, 6 million 697 thousand tourists were on vacation, which is 27% higher than last year. This is a record for the last 27 years. If we take it to 2014, then the result has increased by 76%,” Chernyak said.
According to him, the southern coast of Crimea was chosen by 44% of tourists, 24,6% - the west coast, 20% - the east.
37% of tourists arrived by air, 47% via the Crimean Bridge, 16% across the border with Ukraine. 5,3 million people crossed the Crimean Bridge to the peninsula. This is 93% more than the ferry crossing last year.
The number of organized tourists increased by 20% compared to 2017. The average occupancy of accommodation facilities was 45%.
For the first time in Crimea last season, 446 beach areas operated, of which 385 were publicly accessible.
For 9 months of this year, revenues from the tourism industry amounted to 2,140 billion rubles, which is 29% more than last year. Over 3 quarters, tourism contributed 7% of the total budget of Crimea. The volume of non-cash payments in Crimean terminals in July-August amounted to 15,5 billion rubles. 16 million payments were made.
The official also said that tourism today is a priority area of investment projects in Crimea. In 2018, 9 new official tourist accommodation facilities appeared on the peninsula.
“We haven’t had a single investment council without discussing tourism or agriculture. Some were directly dedicated to them. The majority of applications from investors are in these two industries,” Chernyak said.
If you find an error, please select a piece of text and press Ctrl + Enter.
Thank you!
Now the editors are aware.