Tourism in Ukraine
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Ukraine attractes more than 15 million tourists every year (17,6 Mio. in 2005), primarily from Eastern Europe, but also from Western Europe and USA. It has an old tradition of mass tourism, beginning in the middle of 19th century.
Image:Alupka Coast.JPG Ukraine is a country on the crossroads between central and eastern Europe, between north and south. It borders Russia and is not far from Turkey, it has mountain ranges, suitable for skiing and hiking in the Carpathian Mountains, nature (fishing and hunting) and a coastline on the Black Sea. Ukraine is a country where they grow wine farms, a country with a fascinating capital - Kiev - with Saint Sophia Cathedral and broad boulevards, and other famous cities like the fascinating harbour town Odessa, with the old city of Lviv in the west, and with the Crimea, a little "continent" of its own and the most popular place for tourists, with warm climate, mountains, plains and old cities like Sevastopol or Yalta - place of the famous peace conference. Ukrainian cuisine has a rich history and offers a wide variety of original dishes. Famous for visitors are also cruising tours by ship on Dnieper River from Kiev to the coast.
The citizens of USA, European Union,Canada,Switzerland, Russia and some other countries do not require a visa.
Cities
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- Kiev - The capital of old Rus and modern Ukraine on the river Dnieper. Ancient churches, broad boulevards, beautiful landscapes and a lot of cultural facilities make it fascinating.
- Lviv - old city in the west of country, with medieval old town and unique architecture with Polish and German influences.
- Odessa - a harbor town on the Black Sea with a wonderful atmosphere of mixture of different cultures, among others Jewish, Armenian and Greek.
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- Yalta - a health resort on Black Sea, place of the famous peace conference.
- Sevastopol - is a port city on the Black Sea coast of Crimean peninsula.
- Simferopol - southern Ukraine, capital of Crimean Oblast, on the Salgir River. It is a manufacturing, commercial, and transportation center located in a productive agricultural region. Products include canned fruit, flour, machine tools, and electric equipment. The site of Simferopol' was occupied by the Scythian settlement of Neapol from about the 3rd century BC to the 4th century AD. The modern city of Simferopol' was founded in 1784, when Russia was in control of the Crimean Peninsula. It was built near the Tatar town of Ak-Mechet. Population (1998 estimate) 341,000.
- Chernihiv - medieval city.
Landscapes
- Crimea - tropical climate, famous bathing resorts and mountain landscapes.
- Carpathian Mountains - impressive mountain landscapes with skiing and hiking possibilities, spas with cold and hot springs.
- Asov coast - bathing resorts
- Dnieper - cruises.
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