Belarusians made up 20 percent of foreign tourists in Crimea

15.01.2020. In 2019, 7.43 million tourists visited Crimea, which is 9.3% higher than in 2018. This was written on his page on the social network Facebook by the head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksenov. According to him, more than half of the tourists — 57% — arrived on the Peninsula via the Crimean bridge. Of these, more than 6 thousand people used trains on the railway line opened at the end of the year. In total, more than 2.5 million vehicles passed over the bridge in the direction of the Peninsula.

Aksenov said that among foreign tourists, the number of trips to Crimea is leading by Ukrainians — about 1.1 million citizens of Ukraine visited the Peninsula. In addition, about 20% of foreign tourists came from Belarus, 11% from Kazakhstan, 7% from Germany, 4% each from Uzbekistan and Armenia, and 3 and 2% respectively from Estonia and Azerbaijan. The head of Crimea pointed out that tourists from the United States, China, Thailand and European countries, including Sweden, Finland, Spain and other countries, also visited the Peninsula, https://www.rbc.ru reports.

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