The number of booked air tickets for the week increased by 32%, and the frequency of trips of Ukrainians to the place of work also increased by 16%, according to an Economic Recovery Tracker study conducted by the Centre for Economic Strategy (CES).
According to the center’s release on Friday, the week before the lockdown was introduced in mid-March 2020, the number of bookings was 35% lower.
“Now people go to work most often since the beginning of the pandemic. Attendance at jobs has increased by 16% in a week and is now the highest in the last year,” the CES said.
According to its data, visits to the mall and the use of transport increased by 6%. At the same time, the number of visitors to grocery stores and pharmacies increased by 4% and exceeds the indicator of the pre-quarantine period, the study said.
The number of purchased train tickets on RailwayBot has dropped by 11% over the past week, but is generally at a high level. In the same period last year, the railway began to open routes after the end of a strict lockdown in the country, the CES recalled.
The number of card payments through POS-terminals increased by 3.8% over the week.
“Transfers through Privat24 also began to increase by 7% during the last week and by 18.2% of the lowest mark when falling on the May holidays,” the report said.
Revenue of establishments in the last week increased by 13% and became more than in the middle of March 2020. Cafes and restaurants continue to open, increasing the total number of establishments by 10% per week.
In terms of open positions, their number has increased by 17% over the past week. The number of applicants for this period also increased by 7%. At the same time, during the last week, short-term room reservations decreased by 7%. Nevertheless, the number of booked apartments is kept at a high level and is now the same as in the same period in 2019, the Centre for Economic Strategy said.
For the study, the Centre for Economic Strategy uses data provided by PrivatBank and Privat24, as well as Google, Work.ua, Rabota.ua, Jooble, LUN, Ukrenergo, Dragon Capital, Opendatabot, Aviasales, RailwayBot, Poster, Booking.com, Airbnb, Transparent, Vrbo and Tripadvisor.
