The vaccination boosted tourism and began returning travelers to historic cities, Fabrizio Orlando, Global Industry Relations Associate Director at Tripadvisor, the world’s largest travel website, said.
“As expected, vaccination has become a factor in the activation of tourism both domestically and internationally. Some 48% of those surveyed by us in May 2021 reported that they began to plan a trip precisely after receiving the first dose of the vaccine,” he said at the IV International Hospitality Conference, which took place in Parkovy Congress and Exhibition Center on June 18.
According to a Tripadvisor study, 80% of those surveyed confirmed that vaccination was a factor in the decision to travel throughout the country, and 91% – across the world. Among Tripadvisor users, the vaccinated were more active in planning and booking international travel (34% and 21%) than the unvaccinated (25% and 5%, respectively).
Regarding domestic tourism, unvaccinated people are more actively interested in such locations (51% versus 47% of requests from vaccinated people), but at the same time they book less (19% versus 32%).
Preferences are also badly different, in particular, vaccinated travelers are more bold about places with a mass congestion.
At the same time, unvaccinated travelers in the summer of 2021 choose first of all beach vacations (28% of requests), then outdoor activities (25%), urban tourism only in third place (24%).
According to the study, vaccinated people miss the cities – 32% of requests are related to tours to historic cities. Beach recreation takes second place (26%), while outdoor activities gained 20%.
According to Tripadvisor, the most active among those choosing international destinations are tourists from countries with a large proportion of the vaccinated population: Germany, France, and the U.S. “The undisputed leader is Germany, where two-thirds plan to travel to other countries,” Orlando said.
TripAdvisor is the world’s largest travel website with 43 markets and 22 languages. TripAdvisor is headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts, USA. Subsidiaries and affiliates of Tripadvisor, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRIP) own and operate a portfolio of online travel brands and companies operating across a variety of websites and apps including TripAdvisor, Airfarewatchdog, BookingBuddy, Cruise Critic, Family Vacation Critic, FlipKey, GateGuru, Holiday Lettings, Holiday Watchdog, Independent Traveler, Jetsetter, lafourchette, Niumba, OneTime, SeatGuru, SmarterTravel, Tingo, Travel Library, TravelPod, Viator, and VirtualTourist.
HISTORIC CITIES, TOURISM, TRAVELERS, TRIPADVISOR, VACCINATION
In order to understand the direction in which the US-Ukraine relationship will develop in upcoming months and how to mitigate the impact of these developments and turn them into a strength for the Ukrainian energy transition, Adam Smith Conferences will be hosting a webinar focusing on Nord Stream 2, the future of European gas transit and the implications for Ukraine.
The webinar, taking place on 6 July, will feature leading voices in Ukrainian energy and geopolitics, including: Lana Zerkal, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Advisor to the Minister of Energy of Ukraine, John Herbst, Former US Ambassador to Ukraine, and Director at the Atlantic Council, and Andreas Umland, Research Fellow, Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs. The discussion will be moderated by Aura Sabadus, Senior Energy Journalist at ICIS, who has been covering gas markets in Ukraine, Turkey and Romania for the past ten years.
The 90-minute session is free, but participants must register in advance: https://www.asc-webinars.com/nord-stream-2
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Title: Online Event on Nord Stream 2: What next for Ukraine’s European gas market integration and US partnership?
After the Biden administration waived congressionally mandated sanctions on Nord Stream AG, the company behind the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, the future of European gas transit and the implications for Ukraine, as well as bilateral relations with the US remain uncertain.
To understand the direction in which the US-Ukraine relationship will develop in upcoming months and how to mitigate the impact of these developments and turn them into a strength for the Ukrainian energy transition, Adam Smith Conferences will be hosting a webinar focusing on Nord Stream 2, the future of European gas transit and the implications for Ukraine.
The webinar, taking place on 6 July, will feature leading voices in Ukrainian energy and geopolitics, including:
The discussion will be moderated by Aura Sabadus, Senior Energy Journalist at ICIS who has been covering gas markets in Ukraine, Turkey and Romania for the past ten years.
Over the course of 90 minutes, Ukrainian and international experts will be brought together to examine what to expect in the short- to medium-term, what is Ukraine’s plan B for the period after 2024, how Ukraine will remain relevant in the wider European gas marker should transit be diverted to NS2, along with other important questions. The webinar will feature an extensive Q&A session where the audience will also have a chance to ask the panel their questions.
This free event will be streamed on Zoom and is part of a series of conferences focused on Ukraine organised by Adam Smith Conferences, one of the leading conference organisers in Eastern Europe. Click here [https://www.asc-webinars.com/nord-stream-2] to register for the event. Spaces are limited!
On 14-16 July 2021, Adam Smith Conferences will also be hosting the 12th Annual Ukrainian Energy Forum at the PARKOVY Congress and Exhibition Centre.
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The Verkhovna Rada will hold a ceremonial meeting of parliament on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of Ukraine, the website of the parliament reports.
This meeting will be held at 11:00 on June 28 in accordance with the order of the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine No. 150 dated June 15, 2021 and pursuant to the resolution of the Parliament No. 971-IX dated November 4, 2020 “On the ceremonial meeting of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of Ukraine,” the announcement reads.
Previously International European University ORGANIZED SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE DEDICATED TO 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF UKRAINIAN CONSTITUTION.
Conference topic:
“The 25th anniversary of the Constitution of Ukraine: the national tradition and European standards of constitutionalism.”
Purpose:
• Bringing Ukraine closer to the best European standards of the rule of law and protection of human rights and freedoms is one of the obligations undertaken by Ukraine when joining the Council of Europe, as well as one of the requirements for joining the EU.
• Study and discussion of new scientific and practical research topics in various fields of legal science. Exchange of views on their application and implementation.
• Exchange of experience in administration of law in various branches of law.
Thematic areas of the conference:
1. Scientific and practical paradigm of constitutionalization of the European integration process.
2. Social and legal standards and democratic values in the modern Constitution of Ukraine.
3. The constitutional process in the context of Ukraine’s European integration.
4. Constitutional foundations of the economic system of Ukraine.
5. Constitutional dialogue: availability and quality of higher education.
6. The role of the Constitution of Ukraine in the formation of the health care system in Ukraine.
7. Constitutional reform of the judicial and law enforcement agencies of Ukraine.
8. Sociological analysis of topical problems of a modern society.
The collection of conference materials is to be posted on the official website: https://ieu.edu.ua/
The working language of the conference: Ukrainian, Russian, English.
CONFERENCE, CONSTITUTION, INTERNATIONAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY, НАВОЛОКІНА
Gazprom has booked the entire additional transit capacity offered via Ukraine for July at June’s volume, according to the monthly auction results on the Regional Booking Platform (RBP).
Gazprom on Monday booked additional transit capacity for July on the RBP, having requested 15 million cubic meters per day of the 15 million cubic meters per day offered, which was slightly less than the 14.2 million cubic meters per day booked at the respective auctions for February, March, and April. The volume was the same as the 15 million cubic meters per day booked for May and June, respectively.
Russia’s state-owned gas company has a long-term booking capacity of 40 billion cubic meters via Ukraine for 2021 at 109 million cubic meters per day, having booked an additional 15 million cubic meters per day at the auction for a total of 124 million cubic meters per day.
Gazprom in June has been pumping an average of 124 million cubic meters per day via Ukraine at the fully booked volume.
Europe at this time has sharply boosted its consumption of the blue fuel. Global supplies of LNG, as well as pipeline gas from Russia, are at their highest, though thus far this has not allowed for starting mass pumping into underground storage facilities in preparation of the upcoming winter.
Ukraine’s FX payments on public debt will exceed $10 billion in the next 12 months, the National Bank of Ukraine said in its June Financial Stability Report.
“In the next 12 months, only FX payments by the government and the NBU on the state and guaranteed debt will exceed $10 billion. In the hryvnia segment of the market, repayment of principal and interest in the second half of the year will exceed UAH 130 billion,” the central bank said on its website.
The regulator said that the schedule of debt payments in the next three years remains tight. However, the load is distributed relatively evenly, which should not create significant problems for the Ministry of Finance, although the average volume of auctions should still grow.
According to the report, the financing needs may be mitigated by the additional issue of special drawing rights (SDRs) in the amount of $650 billion being discussed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to support the global economic recovery.
“If the IMF Executive Board approves the decision, Ukraine will increase its FX reserves by about $2.7 billion, the NBU said in the report.
SkyUp Airlines (Kyiv) has launched charter flights from Lviv to Al-Qassim (Saudi Arabia), the company’s press service said on Tuesday.
“On 20 June, Lviv International Airport welcomed the first SkyUp charter aircraft from Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia. It is expected that this flight will launch a number of planned flights by the airline from the Arabian Gulf countries to Ukraine,” the report said.
According to Head of the State Agency for Tourism Development Maryana Oleskiv, who is cited by SkyUp, the countries of the Arabian Gulf, together with the Central Asia region, are priority areas for the development of inbound tourism in Ukraine.
In addition, on June 20, SkyUp launched regular direct flights from Kyiv to Pula (Croatia). They will be operated on Thursdays and Sundays.
From June 23, the airline will also launch flights from Kyiv to Split, Croatia (flights will be operated on Wednesdays and Saturdays), and from June 25 – to Dubrovnik (flights will be operated on Fridays).
Direct flights to Pula are also operated by Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) and Windrose Airlines, and to Split – by UIA.
As reported, Flynas Airlines (Saudi Arabia) on June 11 launched its first flight from Kyiv to Riyadh. Prior to that, Ukraine did not have regular direct flights with Saudi Arabia.
