More than half a million foreigners visited Ukraine in the first quarter of 2024, including not only citizens of neighboring countries but also tourists from very remote parts of the world. Find out how many of these brave travelers there were, from which unexpected countries they came, and for what purpose

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According to official statistics provided by the State Border Guard Service at the request of Visit Ukraine, more than half a million foreigners entered Ukraine in the first quarter of 2024. The vast majority of them are citizens of Moldova, Romania, Poland, and Hungary. Other leaders include foreigners from the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Turkey, and Italy. 

The rating of the countries from which people travel to Ukraine most often can be found here, and today we will tell you about an unexpected but no less interesting rating, which consists of the most distant countries whose citizens visited Ukraine this year. We'll also tell you how many of these brave tourists came to Ukraine and why.

Read this article to find out how many foreigners lived in Ukraine before the war and what the migration situation is now.

From which distant countries did foreigners come to Ukraine in 2024?

Thus, the following countries made it to our most unexpected ranking:

1. Egypt - 1,755 foreigners

2. Belarus - 1,029 foreigners

3. Portugal - 928 foreigners

4. Denmark - 837 foreigners

5. Colombia - 724 foreigners

6. Greece - 690 foreigners

7. Ireland - 616 foreigners

8. Switzerland - 609 foreigners

9. Norway - 607 foreigners

10. Finland - 569 foreigners

11. Croatia - 431 foreigners

12. Serbia - 402 foreigners

13. Brazil - 339 foreigners

14. Japan - 287 foreigners

15. Vietnam - 276 foreigners

16. Indonesia - 235 foreigners

17. South Korea - 219 foreigners

18. Jordan - 186 foreigners

19. Sri Lanka - 169 foreigners

20. Albania - 158 foreigners

21. Macedonia - 153 foreigners

22. Ecuador - 123 foreigners

23. Argentina - 103 foreigners

24. Cyprus - 101 foreigners

25. Bosnia and Herzegovina - 96 foreigners

In addition, in 2024, Ukraine was visited by: 95 foreigners from Morocco, 68 from New Zealand, 56 from Yemen, 53 from Mexico and Tunisia, 51 from Kenya, 50 from Peru, 47 from Chile, 43 from Bangladesh and Luxembourg, 35 from Malta and Taiwan, 32 from Thailand, 29 from Iceland, 28 from Montenegro, 24 from Venezuela, 22 from North Korea (DPRK), 20 from Zimbabwe, 14 from Cuba, 11 from Honduras, 8 from Qatar and Fiji, 6 from the Philippines, Zambia and the UAE, 5 from Guatemala, El Salvador and Kuwait, 4 from Guinea, Madagascar, Mozambique and the Dominican Republic, 3 from Haiti, Mauritania, Singapore and Greenland, 2 from Mauritius, Costa Rica, Liechtenstein, Jamaica and Morocco.

However, these are not all countries from which foreigners came to Ukraine in 2024, as the full list includes 167 countries. At the same time, the vast majority of all foreigners visited Ukraine for private purposes - 94.67% The rest: entered as vehicle service personnel (5.07%) or transited Ukraine (0.13%). It is interesting that another 0.13% of foreigners indicated that they entered Ukraine for tourism purposes.

Remember! When planning a trip to Ukraine, first of all, you need to take care of the appropriate insurance policy. After all, it is impossible to enter the country without an insurance policy, and any foreign insurance automatically expires after crossing the Ukrainian border. In this case, we recommend that you take out insurance specifically covering military risks, which will cover not only standard medical care/treatment/diagnosis, etc. but also accidents and injuries caused by passive or direct military risks.

You can take out such insurance on the Visit Ukraine website. Follow the link and choose an insurance policy with the appropriate coverage and indemnity amount for the required period. Read more about how to get insurance in Ukraine here.

We remind you! The full-scale invasion did not prevent foreign investors from developing their business in Ukraine. This demonstrates not only the interest of foreign businessmen in the development of the Ukrainian market, but also their confidence in the potential of the country's economy even during the period of military operations. Read more about the most active foreigners in the business market in our previous article.

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