Archive for the ‘Ukraine’ Category

Ukraine Unveils New Airport in Donetsk

KYIV, Ukraine – Country officials open the renewed terminal at Donetsk international airport in Ukraine just in time for EURO 2012. The renewed airport boasts a seven-storey terminal capable of servicing up to 3,100 passengers per hour (previously – 700), reads the statement by Ukraine’s Infrastructure Ministry.

May 15, 2012 Posted in: Ukraine

Ukraine to Build Completely New Tourist City in Crimea

KYIV, Ukraine – “In the next three and a half years, essentially, a completely new tourist city will emerge near Yevpatoria,” stated the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine – Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Borys Kolesnikov after the conference Inside Ukraine, organized by The Economist in London. The minister said that the development will ensue [...]

December 9, 2011 Posted in: Ukraine

Dark Tourism Includes a Focus on Chernobyl

By Lucia Molokacova The explosion of the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine is one of the darkest and saddest events in the history of mankind. The place with the remnants of lost and destroyed lives however is a tourism destination for the so called “dark tourists”.

July 12, 2011 Posted in: Ukraine

The Ukrainian Mountain Village of Kolocava is Small, but Interesting

Kolocava is a Ukrainian mountain village popular mainly among Czech tourists but increasingly also among others. People come there mainly because of the legends about a local highwayman but also because of beautiful countryside and local museums. A Ukrainian village Kolocava is an attractive tourism destination. Many tourists from different countries such the Czech Republic, [...]

October 25, 2010 Posted in: Ukraine

Tourism booming In Ukraine as more people travel abroad

By Volodymyr Mashchenko, Kyiv Post/etn As tourism increases in Ukraine, low-quality service, deliberate price dumping and lack of satisfactory government legislation remain major problems facing the industry. Ukrainians' disposable incomes are growing and so is their interest in travel and tourism. Ukrainian travel agencies and tour operators have experienced a boom in outbound tourism, while [...]

August 3, 2007 Posted in: Ukraine

Ukraine International Travel and Tourism Exhibition is bigger than ever in 2005

UITT, the Ukraine International Travel and Tourism Exhibition, opens its doors to its biggest ever event on the 30th March to 2nd April at the International Exhibition Centre (IEC). The 11th edition of UITT, held will play host to some 750 international and local companies from 40 countries and regions.

March 29, 2005 Posted in: Ukraine