This year to rest on the Crimean peninsula set off a record number of tourists for all the years of Ukraine's independence. In total for half of the first summer month Crimea was visited by 880 thousand tourists. The press service of the Ministry of Resorts and Tourism of the Autonomous Republic reports that, compared to the same period last year, the increase was 3.2 percent.

Swallow's Nest, Yalta

Million tourist

In the Crimea they are preparing for the solemn meeting of the millionaire tourist. How they will honor the lucky winner - cash prizes, such memorable prizes as breastplates - remains a surprise. It is known that the meeting is being prepared at the Simferopol airport. It should be noted that this is not the first experience of a solemn meeting of a million tourist to the Crimea. Last year, ironically, it turned out to be a citizen of Turkey - the country, making the peninsula a serious competition in the tourist sphere.

Infrastructure development

Development of the tourist infrastructure of Crimea and attraction of investors to this sphere is paid special attention this year .At the international airport of Simferopol, from which the path of most foreign tourists begins, a modern information center was opened that provides information about the main tourist centers, sights of the peninsula, museums and other cultural institutions, as well as the mode of their operation..The center provides an opportunity to purchase a ticket to the sanatorium .Employees of the tourist information bureau in the airport of Simferopol own several foreign ones languages. In the near future, it is planned to open similar institutions at the railway station of the capital of the autonomy, as well as in other cities of the Crimea.

Investment prospects

According to the leadership of the autonomy, in the near future a large-scale influx of $ ±​​$ is expected. investment in the development of tourist centers of the Crimea. One of the largest projects is the construction of a boarding house with the participation of Sberbank of the Russian Federation. The financial institution intends to invest $ 400 million in the construction of the facility. According to approximate calculations, the total value of investment projects, which will be implemented in the near future, is about one billion EUR.

Specialists in the resorts and tourism at the moment are also developing marketing programs aimed at increasing the popularity of Crimea among foreign tourists, not only in the summer, but all year round.