Popularity of traveling in Ukraine is growing: tourist tax revenues increased by 23.6%

Press service of the State Tax Service of Ukraine, published 13 April 2026 at 14:45 Chapter: News

Tourist tax revenues amounted to 82.2 million UAH in the first quarter of 2026. This is 23.6% or 15.7 million UAH more than in the same period last year. Then the figure was 66.5 million UAH.

Tourist tax was paid most actively in regions traditionally popular for recreation and business travel:

- Kyiv city – 17.9 million UAH;

- Lviv region – 16.4 million UAH;

- Ivano-Frankivsk region – 12.3 million UAH;

- Trans-carpathian region – 7.5 million UAH.

Amount of the tax depends on the minimum salary as of January 1 of the current year. Local councils themselves set specific percentage within the following limits:

- For domestic tourism: up to 0.5% of the minimum salary (up to 43.24 per day UAH).

- For the inbound (foreign) tourism: up to 5% of the minimum saalry (up to 432.35 UAH per day).

Funds from the tourist tax are directed exclusively to local budgets, which allows regions to improve infrastructure, provide social protection for citizens, finance education, medicine and maintain defense, and security.