{"id":124824,"date":"2015-03-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/crimea-expects-over-4-million-tourists-this-year-and-revenues-of-up-to-2-billion-from-tourism\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T22:58:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T20:58:06","slug":"crimea-expects-over-4-million-tourists-this-year-and-revenues-of-up-to-2-billion-from-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/crimea-expects-over-4-million-tourists-this-year-and-revenues-of-up-to-2-billion-from-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Crimea expects over 4 million tourists this year and revenues of up to $2 billion from tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The authorities in the Crimean Peninsula, annexed last year by Russia, estimate that they will obtain up to $2 billion this year from tourism activities, with most visitors expected to arrive from Russia.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Crimea&#8217;s Tourism Minister, Yelena Yurchenko, stated that 4.3 million tourists are expected to arrive in Crimea this year, most of them from Russia.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Before the annexation to Russia, Crimea was visited annually by about 6 million tourists, mostly from Ukraine, according to data from Russia&#8217;s tourism regulatory agency.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>To facilitate access to the peninsula, the Moscow government intends to build a bridge between Russia and Crimea, a project that will be completed in 2018 and whose value is estimated at several billion dollars.<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediafax.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Mediafax<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>How many tourists are expected in Crimea this year?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Authorities estimate the arrival of approximately 4.3 million tourists, most of whom are expected to come from Russia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the estimated tourism revenue for Crimea?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tourism activities are estimated to generate revenues of up to $2 billion this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How does Russia plan to facilitate access to Crimea?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Moscow government intends to build a bridge connecting Russia to Crimea, a project estimated to cost several billion dollars and scheduled for completion in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The authorities in the Crimean Peninsula, annexed last year by Russia, estimate that they will obtain up to $2 billion this year from tourism activities, with most visitors expected to arrive from Russia. Crimea&#8217;s Tourism Minister, Yelena Yurchenko, stated that 4.3 million tourists are expected to arrive in Crimea this year, most of them from&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":65342,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-124824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turism-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124824"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=124824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}