Ukraine sees tourism as a pillar of its post-war reconstruction

One of the pillars of Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction is through tourism, so the country is already working to prepare for the return of peace and to be able to quickly start attracting tourists again, according to the Chairman of the State Agency for Tourism Development of Ukraine Mariana Oleskiv.

The president of this Ukrainian entity and the former Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine Pavlo Kukhta exposed this Tuesday in Madrid the objectives of his country in the international tourism fair Fitur.

The tourism is “one of the industries that will have to recover as quickly as possible” after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Oleskiv said, hence the country’s presence at the fair which begins this Thursday in search of support: “We have to be ready because when the time comes we have to act very quickly.” said.

“That’s why we are here to promote Ukraine,” she said, when asked at a press conference how her country could promote tourism as the war continues.

In this regard, he pointed out that Although the situation is complicated on the fighting front, in other parts the tourist infrastructure continues to operate and you think about the future when the invasion is over.

“It’s very hard to imagine, if you don’t live in the country, that they’re working,” he continued, because from the outside “you can see the battle is anywhere, from people in shelters, without food or anything, but the picture is different, people go on with their lives, go to work, to restaurants, to the theatre”, in the rest of Ukraine where there is no fighting, reports the EFE.