Number of foreign tourists in Kherson region grows in 2018 – Regional Administration

The total number of foreign tourists who visited Kherson region in the current tourist season grew by 6%, according to Head of Kherson Regional State Administration Andriy Hordeyev.

“The number of tourists who visited the region this year remained almost the same as in the previous year - about 3.5 million. At the same time, the number of foreign guests grew by 6% compared to the same period last year," he said, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.

According to the Regional State Administration, the number of foreign tourists who arrived to the region on private purposes through Kherson International Airport and checking points at the administrative border with Crimea made up 16,743 in 2018.

The largest number of foreign guests came to Kherson region from Turkey, Israel, Germany, the USA and Japan.

As reported, about 3.5 million tourists visited Kherson region in 2017, about 3.5 million in 2016, and about 2.8 million in 2015.

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