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Ukraine's tourism industry is breaking records in the middle of the war: how much tax has been paid to the budget?

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Ukraine's tourism industry is breaking records in the middle of the war: how much tax has been paid to the budget?

In the first half of 2024, Ukraine's tourism industry brought in more taxes than in pre-war 2021. Find out what records the sector broke, how much it cost, and which industries brought in the most money

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Over 6 months of 2024, Ukraine's tourism industry showed significant growth compared to the pre-war year 2021. According to the State Agency for Tourism Development, tax revenues from the tourism sector increased by a quarter compared to 2021, reaching UAH 1.251 billion. Find out why Ukrainian hotels account for 65% of this amount, and why domestic tour operators and agencies continue to open new campsites and recreation centers.

The main drivers of tourism development in Ukraine are:


1) Increase in the number of tourists. According to booking platforms, the number of bookings in Ukraine has exceeded the pre-docking figures of 2019, which indicates the dynamic growth of the industry even in times of crisis.

2) Expanding the supply of travel services. The number of hotels, travel agencies and other business entities providing travel services has increased. This is the paradox of our time: war is war, but tourism is on schedule.

3) Improving the quality of services. Ukrainian tourism enterprises are actively working to improve the quality of services, adopting positive experience from other European countries, which attracts more and more tourists.

4) State support. The state is currently taking a number of measures to support the tourism industry, which contributes to its development.

Are Ukrainian hotels at the peak of their development?


Ukrainian hotels paid 65% of the state budget revenues from the tourism industry in 2024. Almost UAH 809 million in the first 6 months of this year, compared to UAH 570 million in 2023 and UAH 665 million in 2021.

Such a rapid development of the hotel business in Ukraine is caused, in particular, by the intensification of internal movements of Ukrainians, as well as the interest of foreigners in the situation in Ukraine and Ukrainian culture in general.

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Tour operators are developing domestic tourism


Tour operators also increased state budget revenues at a record high, paying almost UAH 165 million in taxes for 6 months of 2024, while in the whole of 2023, tour operators paid UAH 88 million, and in the "post-quake" year of 2021 - just over UAH 100 million.

To some extent, this is due to the large number of Ukrainians who travel abroad using the services of national tour operators. However, it is domestic tourism in Ukraine that contributes to this increase in tour operators' revenues.

Travel agencies in Ukraine contributed UAH 102 million 663 thousand to the state budget in Q2 2024, compared to UAH 81 million for the same period in 2023 and UAH 100 million 436 thousand for the same period in 2021.

Tourist bases, children's camps, campsites, and parking lots for residential caravans also contributed a significant increase in taxes to the state budget this year. Together, these accommodation facilities paid taxes worth almost UAH 181 million in the first half of the year.

Thus, the results of the first half of 2024 indicate extremely positive dynamics in the tourism industry of Ukraine, which opens up new prospects for further development of the sector.




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