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Difficult economic situation emerged in Ukraine, fully hurt international tourism as well as internal one. Nevertheless, most of our co-citizens do not want to withhold the pleasure to have a vacation adequately and, according to their previous years’ experience, try to find a compromise, which let them fully feel comfort with low budget.

More and more modern tourists refuse the service of tourist agencies and try to find and book hotels, the cheapest air traveling, and obtain visas by themselves.  It is necessary to notice that this facts hurt not only tourist agencies, but firstly the tourists, who have decided to travel, but have not got appropriate information about granted service, its level and other necessary moments and, as the result, remain dissatisfied of vacation.   

Our middle class has become more interested in 3-stars hotels accommodation; however two years ago major part of interest has been paid to 5 stars hotels.  

The low price level vacation suffered most on Ukrainian tourist market. If in 2008 the most popular price for trip tickets was $900-950 per a person for one week of sea vacation, in 2009 this index has dropped almost by one third up to $600-650. 

Proposals for last minute deal become less popular. The matter is that being afraid of market decline tour operators decreased a number of charters so, that almost all flights were fully charged.  

According to statistics, vacation duration was shortened too.  Those, who earlier had chosen tours for 14 days, now chose 10 days proposals, and fans of seven days traveling, have booked “express – vacation” only for 3 – 5 days

Some tour operators’ popular demand for Turkey has decreased in twofold; tours to Egypt are in trouble too. Number of charters to Turkey as well as to Egypt has been shortened from several flights per day to several flights per week.  

As to Turkey, according to operators’ data, Turkish resorts have received 24% of Ukrainians less than in 2008.

At the same time, VIP-segment has not been hurt so strong. Those who were oriented on 5 stars hotels vacation in exotic countries like Maldives, Thailand, Dominican Republic, Mauritius, and United Arab Emirates under the crisis conditions have changed 5 stars hotels on 4 stars hotels in the same countries.