KYIV, Aug 31 — Saudi tourists ride horse-drawn carriages, pose for portraits by street artists and play chess on benches with locals in Lviv, a city in Ukraine more accustomed to hosting European guests.
In the first half of 2021, the number of Saudi tourists alone visiting Ukraine skyrocketed to 14,000 compared to just 350 in the same period last year, according to the country’s state tourism agency. Several souvenir shops in the city have started making signs in Arabic while “Chudo Tour” said they are translating their pre-recorded audio guides.
The number of visitors from the Gulf — mainly Saudi Arabia and Bahrain — gradually increased throughout the summer, said Khrystyna Kaguy, a manager at the Reikartz hotel group.
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