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 The influx of tourists in the Crimea on the May Day celebrations encouraged local officials and hoteliers. Counting on a successful continuation of the season, they have already increased prices for their services by 10-15%. But with the beginning of summer, the situation has changed. Declined because of the crisis cost of living in European resorts allow the travelers to change plans - now tourists en masse refuse to have rooms booked. Especially in the ARC still remain two problems: access to the beaches and quality service
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 The recent Icelandic volcanic eruption that closed down much of the world's transportation system and the fighting in Greece should serve once again as a reminder not only of the importance of tourism as an economic generating tool but also that tourism is a major export commodity. One of the mistakes that economic developers and business experts make is ignoring tourism as a major export industry. In fact tourism is often a renewable export that if used properly can also be a major economic development too
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 The change of power in Ukraine, the warming of the Ukrainian-Russian relations and the extension of the Black Sea Fleet is encouraging representatives of tourist companies in Sevastopol.
Here in the last Sunday of July waiting for the invasion of Russians, marking the Day of the Navy
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 In anticipation of the holiday season in Ukraine intensified not only travel agencies of different caliber, but crooks and fraudsters.
In particular, some office OVAL Marketing offers his fellow citizens "a completely new kind of tourist services" - to buy a lifetime week-long vacation in the Canary Islands in the super-duper hotel. Only here for such a "happiness" to immediately pay the 5000 ˆ.
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 Volcanic eruption in Iceland showed that Ukrainian legislation does not prepared to solve conflicts between tourists, airlines and travel companies in the event of force majeure situations.
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 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) estimated that the Icelandic volcano crisis cost airlines more than $1.7 billion in lost revenue through Tuesday-six days after the initial eruption.
For a three-day period (17-19 April), when disruptions were greatest, lost revenues reached $400 million per day
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 The tourist industry is gradually recovering, but the situation is still unstable. However, in recent months, there were some signs of revitalizing the industry, associated with stabilization of the global economic situation.
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 Due to the closure of 17 April airspace of Ukraine tens of thousands of tourists from Ukraine failed to reach the planned vacation or time to return home. Many of our compatriots are still held hostage to the circumstances, pending the resumption of flights to most European countries (where 63 thousand canceled flights).
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 Ecotourism main line of the 21st century
World Fashion Travel is changing its vector in recent years, a trend that began even before the crisis, and economic problems only strengthened it.
Even 10 years ago, many tourists like to holiday in exotic countries, preferably as far from the homeland. Now the choice of travel is influenced by other aspects.
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 This "New Region" said member of parliament of the Crimea Vyacheslav Zakharov, head of the commission on tourism.
"I think that the number of vacationers in the Crimea will be the same as in the past. We have, after all, not such services, but we have something that is not in the same in Turkey. Unlike Turkey, fortunately, we have a proposal for the citizens with the lowest incomes ", - he said.
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 Henceforth, our tourists will be difficult to go to Europe? Code adopted by the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, since yesterday is mandatory for all countries - participants of the Schengen Agreement. So in their consulates now lead the procedure of issuing visas, as they say, to a common denominator. However, in Ukraine, some of the innovations will not act
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 We offer for you attention the interview with Deputy Prime Minister Boris Kolesnikov published in the "ZERKALO NEDELI" ¹ 12 (792) March 27 - April 2, 2010
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 Several years ago in the field of tourism in Ukraine has appeared the term "rural green tourism", whose development is progressing with each passing year. The tradition of rural green tourism (hereinafter - RGT) in Europe began to develop about one and a half centuries ago. For Ukraine, the above term is new, but it would be superfluous to recall that the tradition of this kind of vacation there a long time because of the hospitality of rural residents. For example, at the end of XIX century to treatment or rest in the Carpathian Mountains in rural estates came famous poets, artists, scientists, policy: Franko, L. Ukrainian, M. Grushevskii, V. Hnatiuk
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 European Travel Commission (ETC) has posted on its website www.etc-corporate.org Quarterly Report (Q1/2009) produced for the Market Intelligence Group of ETC by The Travel Business Partnership
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 In the reporting period, the turnover of international operations related to travel services totaled USD 8.5 billion, having risen by 29.4% on the respective period of 2007. In the third quarter, the turnover in the Travel item came to USD 4.3 billion, making up a half (50.3%) of total trade in this service from the beginning of the year. The share of these services in the total trade turnover of international services makes up 32.1% legging behind transportation services (39.6%).
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 At the request of many visitors ITB Berlin National Tourist Office provided statistical data of several government bodies, which give a general idea about the dynamics of tourist flow in Ukraine.
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 Let us to introduce National Tourist Office of Ukraine.
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 Ukraine's official statistical agency reports that Ukraine had 18.9 million tourists in 2006, a substantial increase from the 17.6 million counted in 2005. However, local tourist business professionals suggest that these figures are grossly exxagerated because of the way in which the state does it tabulation.
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