Ukraine Tourism and Visitor Statistics

Visitors to Ukraine were well down in 2014 compared to the previous year. The country received 12.7 million foreign guests, a 48 percent decrease from 2013. The conflict in the east of Ukraine was undoubtedly the major factor responsible for the steep drop.

Just over 2.3 million Russians visited Ukraine in 2014, significantly less than the 10.3 million that visited in 2013. In fact, during 2014 travellers from Moldova outnumbered Russians, despite a 19 percent fall in the number of Moldovan visitors.

Visitors from most other countries declined. Fewer Poles, Romanians, Germans, Turks, Americans, and British contributed to the fall.

The number of Hungarian visitors actually increased while the number of Slovakians visiting Ukraine fell by just 2 percent.

The data in the graph and tables below comes from the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Although we’ve no reason to doubt the total numbers, the split of visitors by purpose of visit looks a bit sketchy. Are we really expected to believe that throughout 2013 only 258 US citizens came on business and only 2 came to work in Ukraine?

Ukraine Tourism Statistics 2014 - Visitor Numbers

Foreign Visitors to Ukraine – 2014 v 2013

The number of foreigners visiting Ukraine fell from 24.7 million in 2013 to 12.7 million in 2014.

Country20142013Change (%)
Russia236298210284782-77%
Moldova, Republic of43683555417966-19%
Belarus15929353353652-53%
Poland11239451259209-11%
Romania584774877234-33%
Hungary87418477103813%
Slovakia416158424306-2%
Germany131244253318-48%
Uzbekistan158030235361-33%
Turkey116302151706-23%
USA81709134672-39%
Israel101799120913-16%
Azerbaijan69146111897-38%
Italy5536390819-39%
Kazakhstan2969384864-65%
Armenia3615883459-57%
Lithuania2946683355-65%
Great Britain4408681324-46%
France3988464510-38%
Tajikistan3707460336-39%
Bulgaria3665156082-35%
Czech Republic3516652707-33%
Georgia3500452221-33%
Serbia2783243680-36%
Netherlands2515138261-34%
Latvia1811837478-52%
Canada1787530499-41%
Austria1707630368-44%
Greece1391526017-47%
Kyrgyzstan1165622380-48%
Turkmenistan1644522120-26%
Switzerland1029019576-47%
Estonia873119456-55%
Spain1055918156-42%
China1130818128-38%
Belgium1006618013-44%
Sweden1061017542-40%
Norway718612505-43%
Persons of stateless545711642-53%
Denmark831711461-27%
Portugal933711041-15%
India927410332-10%
Finland456710308-56%
Slovenia52119034-42%
Japan43468252-47%
Korea, Republic of47147269-35%
Ireland53286955-23%
Iraq54156180-12%
Australia27616161-55%
Croatia36425987-39%
Jordan41215250-22%
Iran, Islamic Republic of35635085-30%
Bosnia and Herzegovina30384987-39%
Brazil24714893-49%
Vietnam28684286-33%
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia4727403317%
Lebanon28763950-27%
Cyprus18693728-50%
Morocco381736225%
Nigeria4208359617%
Egypt3960316725%
The Syrian Arab Republic308931040%
Argentina11672259-48%
Libya17772159-18%
Other country15582038-24%
Mexico7221696-57%
Tunisia12961562-17%
South Africa6371388-54%
Kuwait7241099-34%
Pakistan9441065-11%
Saudi Arabia4981054-53%
Afghanistan7321047-30%
Algeria7961019-22%
New Zealand402987-59%
United Arab Emirates333944-65%
Ghana738905-18%
State of Palestine649888-27%
Montenegro2183855155%
Luxembourg504850-41%
Mongolia464775-40%
Iceland352741-52%
Philippines443735-40%
Indonesia330713-54%
Sudan593693-14%
Cuba395644-39%
Thailand301617-51%
Malta284580-51%
Albania548575-5%
Ecuador386572-33%
Hong Kong194532-64%
Peru308528-42%
Taiwan, Province of China246494-50%
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)112493-77%
Chile163469-65%
Malaysia49844512%
Angola47543310%
Singapore49542018%
Cameroon42437114%
Sri Lanka264365-28%
Bangladesh264324-19%
Namibia314322-2%
Congo35231014%
Bahrain202307-34%
Colombia116275-58%
Kenya192256-25%
Yemen207251-18%
Zimbabwe2242221%
Qatar114217-47%
Oman200-100%
Tanzania, United Republic of193-100%
Ethiopia148-100%
Niger147-100%
Sierra Leone145-100%
Nepal307127142%
Zambia14012017%
Senegal108-100%
San Marino107-100%
Mauritius104-100%
Guinea1031012%
Uganda1350
1271150724671227-48%

Foreign Visitors to Ukraine 2014

The number of foreigners visiting Ukraine in 2014 is shown in the table below. The data is split by country and purpose of visit.

CountryTotalBusiness TripOrganised TourismPrivate VisitEducationWork PlacementImmigrationEvent, Other
Moldova, Republic of43683559615778421426428151143519
Russia236298281965157418332248535791468339
Belarus159293591986744614238203892460
Poland112394558826610965211174826504
Hungary874184122171997702173
Romania584774145112351825232692
Slovakia416158531862032409882
Uzbekistan15803010419513610261821605
Germany13124450745225676246969380
Turkey116302106424885678981220532660
Israel101799153306115670111182803
USA81709543038179191160687
Azerbaijan691464191973763569930790
Italy5536323981130041141344
Great Britain440864012037708135134
France3988465851600661132945
Tajikistan370741443339723657
Bulgaria3665160112125226510698
Armenia361584161222383246811716
Czech Republic351661936129451822148
Georgia350041584164943531838123554
Kazakhstan29693434295130779272315828
Lithuania294661197431411516414046
Serbia278321790709492316477
Netherlands251513530465245818275
Latvia1811873012781813679010
Canada178751777156051311469
Austria170761017024566210796
Turkmenistan16445133634934612605
Greece13915115246575717796
Kyrgyzstan1165640111693013121805
China113086216492432232547329
Sweden10610131972476217921
Spain105591013721908222
Switzerland1029021331989618159
Belgium10066181602932106946
Portugal933731940665249
India92742111161030336477831
Estonia8731117262875185704
Denmark83174146303845125
Norway718646712065909
Persons of stateless5457733312119
Iraq5415157248178917423162
Ireland5328161162123643
Slovenia521167112593884
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia472722120922612
Korea, Republic of47143382623853
Finland456742099623545
Japan4346241753123547
Nigeria4208164911739192942
Jordan41213379465393532
Egypt39605389206121755
Morocco381743656183109
Croatia3642125993892615
Iran, Islamic Republic of356315142349213000
The Syrian Arab Republic3089222150105812487761084
Bosnia and Herzegovina303884110021951
Lebanon28764337919771863
Vietnam2868111879677501646
Australia276111336361991
Brazil24711160371850
Montenegro218341704475
Cyprus1869212381610
Libya1777442268111461
Other country155832604061060
Tunisia129612384541791
Argentina116716314837
Pakistan9441327951709
Algeria79668962684
Ghana7384252482
Afghanistan7324447189748397
Kuwait72471522563
Mexico722106137569
State of Palestine649210128509
South Africa637883546
Sudan59331183469
Albania5483179366
Luxembourg5047121376
Malaysia498431463
Saudi Arabia498679413
Singapore4952337156
Angola475242431
Mongolia46422522208
Philippines443122206223
Cameroon424131844232
New Zealand402880314
Cuba3952966318
Ecuador38611064311
Congo352173278
Iceland3521167274
United Arab Emirates33349284
Indonesia3301047273
Namibia314151262
Peru308240266
Nepal30722681
Thailand3011151239
Malta2842384195
Bangladesh264710601186
Sri Lanka2642844210
Taiwan, Province of China24610236
Zimbabwe22420204
Yemen2071751148
Bahrain2021367122
Hong Kong194490100
Kenya19232160
Chile163229132
Zambia14023117
Uganda1359441
Colombia11612194
Qatar11421795
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)1121597
Guinea1033931159
Total12711507494371468049696854110978624962814021

Foreign Visitors to Ukraine 2013

CountryTotalBusiness TripOrganised TourismPrivate VisitEducationWork PlacementImmigrationEvent, Other
Russia10284782552242706897827097912932802128372
Moldova, Republic of5417966251733057479332635690596261
Belarus33536524708118320311974491125168372
Poland12592096670179081133406138101186
Romania877234398758401344474734
Hungary7710383213255022330765337
Slovakia4243062093665745417986
Germany25331817643035494265356126876
Uzbekistan235361181162821804933823638158
Turkey1517061207024615603795914752753909
USA13467225814390253152794700
Israel1209133638950185265793017
Azerbaijan111897642380661957115012845303
Italy908191675619167431268278
Kazakhstan848646293734324043848059
Armenia83459333362453130212026250
Lithuania833551901168760419156619276
Great Britain813241861427110671356193
France6451012060879472148830
Tajikistan603364359853528146162
Bulgaria56082215778032689220454
Czech Republic527073051253154111135736
Georgia5222135361399102405036996
Serbia4368030677917165814832627
Netherlands38261661959792128315
Latvia3747812082546192804214402
Canada304996628348195219402
Austria30368165378951762121217
Greece26017432123083681015977
Kyrgyzstan22380133242172951104699
Turkmenistan221201036130339518702
Switzerland19576682532286214114
Estonia1945641811808244219593
Spain1815617785279914555
China1812816920842527564113296
Belgium1801339120650571211699
Sweden1754213916953873111834
Norway1250535134917059416
Persons of stateless1164220729693213960
Denmark114619399134926885
Portugal110411322340106795
India103324710581848327374
Finland103083899216637615
Slovenia903439125514386950
Japan8252496951296196193
Korea, Republic of72695029011535776
Ireland6955248318154655
Iraq6180295551956223636
Australia6161221349109523693
Croatia598710349184824543
Jordan525038173380534651
Iran, Islamic Republic of5085115298396764263
Bosnia and Herzegovina4987326548023805
Brazil489344558463588
Vietnam42862245819061900
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia4033261010822915
Lebanon395015288938312705
Cyprus372851973163210
Morocco36223928022725
Nigeria359616869323072525
Egypt316743385525232209
The Syrian Arab Republic31041874988751445
Argentina2259315844111656
Libya215991141261910
Other country2038161643331525
Mexico169662211271342
Tunisia156222293352994
South Africa13886201721109
Kuwait1099397147852
Pakistan1065251125887
Saudi Arabia1054510872869
Afghanistan10472302198545
Algeria101924352922
New Zealand9874258120605
United Arab Emirates944562194683
Ghana9055265635
State of Palestine888174014713680
Montenegro8553552361578
Luxembourg8502118197533
Mongolia77554435110365
Iceland741147202491
Philippines735731238378
Indonesia7134285586
Sudan693131169492
Cuba644334144463
Thailand61710247468
Malta58011882479
Albania575349132391
Ecuador57222250498
Hong Kong5324119157252
Peru5282161446
Taiwan, Province of China4945739398
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)49318430279
Chile469284391343
Malaysia44514726371
Angola4331220410
Singapore42026140317
Cameroon37124592286
Sri Lanka36542031310
Bangladesh324232512237
Namibia3221528288
Congo3101449247
Bahrain30715109183
Colombia2751238225
Kenya256428224
Yemen25142652169
Zimbabwe222146211
Qatar2171121185
Oman2001513172
Tanzania, United Republic of193211180
Ethiopia14830118
Niger147113133
Sierra Leone14565134
Nepal127716104
Zambia12024114
Senegal10841490
San Marino10714957
Mauritius10441288
Guinea101252056
Total246712271674164884961816774228333050885841872

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  1. Please, could Saudi get visa from Airports in Ukraine? Or still need to obtain one form Ukraine Consulate in Saudi Arabia!?

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