Good Practices
We collect, categorise and share Good Practice on Competitive and Sustainable Tourism among our Member Regions, since 2009.
Balance of the Impact of the War in Ukraine in Catalonia
Pre-crisis situation
Russian influx in 2019:
- 795,200 tourists (+ 9.3% over the previous year)
- 6th in the country influx ranking
Expenditure in 2019:
- 1166.8 million €
- 5th in the country spending ranking
Balance of the Impact of the war in Ukraine in Île-de-France
Current Situation and Consequences
A number of Ile-de-France companies will be affected by the Ukrainian crisis. Also, the Region has decided to create a Ukraine task force, allowing it to have a "one-stop shop" to advise the companies affected.
Balance of the Impact of the war in Ukraine in Flanders
Current Situation [1]
The Government of Flanders is freezing the export of strategic goods and fully supports the EU package of sanctions against Russia and Belarus, in the full realization that these measures may have consequences for its own region’s welfare
Balance of the Impact of the war in Ukraine in Balearic Islands
Pre-crisis Situation
Russian tourists who visited the Balearic Islands:
Balance of the Impact of the war in Ukraine in Andalucia
Pre-crisis Situation
- 2019: 32,5 million travellers (+6,1% than 2018)
- 2020: 13,4 million travellers (-59% than 2019)
- 2021: 20,1 million travellers (+ 50% than 2020)
- 2022 estimates 28 million travellers (+39% than 2021 and -14% than 2019) we will recover ¾ of the tourism lost during the crisis.
Russian represent around 0.003% of our tourism.
Balance of the Impact of the war in Ukraine in Tuscany
Pre-crisis Situation
Overnight stays of Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian tourists in Tuscany:
- 2019: 864,000
- 2020: 126,096 (-86% compared to 2019)
- 2021: 135,739 (+71,5% compared to 2020)
Balance of the Impact of the war in Ukraine in the Danish West Coast Partnership
Pre-crisis Situation
Overall, there is not a lot of Russian visitors:
- 2019: 1435 overnight stays
- 2020: 322 overnight stays
- 2021: 432 overnight stays
Balance of the Impact of the war in Ukraine in Liguria
Pre-crisis Situation
Total Russian presences in Liguria were 203,481 in 2018 and 229,789 in 2019, with an increase of 12.93%[1].
Russian tourism has a significant quantitative influence, but above all qualitative, mainly at an economic level.
Balance of the Impact of the war in Ukraine in Sardinia
Pre-crisis Situation
Russian presence for 2020 according to the Sardinia region in total accommodation facilities (hotel and non-hotel):
Balance of the Impact of the war in Ukraine in South Sweden
Pre-crisis Situation
Russian and Ukrainian markets were practically nonexistent before the war.
Impact of the War
The war is having an impact mainly for the internal market.
South Sweden is very attractive to Swedes, so they may choose this destination rather than going abroad.
Balance of the Impact of the war in Ukraine in Scotland
Pre-crisis Situation
Scotland typically receives 16,000 Russian resident trips per year, with a total spend of £10m[1]. This can fluctuate between 12,000 to 20,000 visits per year and £10 million and £20 million per annum.
Destination Net Zero Scottish Programme
A programme, worth almost £4 million, to support Scotland’s tourism industry on the journey to net zero is getting underway.
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