WASHINGTON – In 2020, the Ukrainian government plans to spend 240 million hrv (about $10 million U.S.) on developing Ukraine’s tourism potential, a more than tenfold increase from current spending levels. Leading the effort will be a new tourism development agency.
Additionally, the national budget includes 500 million hrv ($21 million) for a youth mobility program – a new initiative promoting educational travel for schoolchildren within the country.
Many Ukrainian travel industry policymakers and professionals are encouraged by the new national-level focus on this sector, among them, Dmytro Naliotov, chair of the Verkhovna Rada Subcommittee on Tourism. In an interview with the Zruchno.