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UkrInform: Kyiv hopes to welcome two million more tourists this year

Published June 1, 2018 at 1:02 pm

Vendors sell wooden souvenirs decorated with Petrykivka painting at Andriyivski Uzviz in Kyiv on May 23, 2018. Andriyivski Uzviz, a street in the center of Kyiv, is a popular tourist destination. It is often called Kyiv's Montmartre, after the famous artists' quarter in Paris, as numerous artists and craftsmen sell their works there.

Photo by Kostyantyn Chernichkin

The Kyiv authorities expect 5.8 million tourists to visit the city in 2018, almost 50 percent up than last year.

“This year we expect about 6 million tourists to visit Kyiv – 1.8 million foreign and 4 million domestic – 46 percent up than last year! I’m glad to say that the number of our city’s guests is growing annually,” Deputy Head of the Kyiv City State Administration Oleksiy Reznikov said.