Traveling in Ukraine increases - tourist tax revenues grow by almost quarter in Q1

In the first quarter of 2026, tourist tax revenues amounted to UAH 82.2 million, which is 23.6%, or UAH 15.7 million more than in the same period last year (then the figure was UAH 66.5 million).

This is stated in the report of the Tax Service, the Ukrainian News agency reports.

The tourist tax was paid most actively in the regions traditionally popular for leisure and business travel:

- Kyiv city - UAH 17.9 million;

- Lviv Region - UAH 16.9 million;

- Ivano-Frankivsk Region - UAH 12.3 million;

- Zakarpattia Region - UAH 7.5 million.

The amount of the fee depends on the minimum wage as of January 1 of the current year. Local councils themselves set a specific percentage within the following limits:

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

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

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, the funds from the tourist tax are directed exclusively to local budgets, which allows regions to improve infrastructure, provide social protection, finance education and medicine, and maintain defense and security.

Last year, tourist tax revenues to local budgets increased by more than a third to UAH 359 million.