710 thousand tourists visited Prykarpattya in first half-year

Western regions of Ukraine become more and more popular

710 thousands of tourists visited Prykarpattya in the first half of the current year.

According to an UNIAN correspondent, it was announced at a session of the board of the Ivano-Frankovsk Oblast State Administration.

As of beginning of July, 97 licensed tourist operators and agents provided travel services in the Oblast. Besides, there are 130 tourist-recreational institutions for 9.2 thousand tourists, and 467 cottages for countryside and “green” tourism for 3.8 thousand tourists.

During the first half-year, 30 new tourist facilities were built, and 19 were reconstructed in the region.

On the whole, 38 opportunities for investing into the tourism sphere were worked out in Prykarpattya.