- New visa-free entry put in place to encourage boost in cruise tourism
- Country recently snatched by Russia plans to revamp 130 tourism facilities
The Crimean tourism minister, Yelena Yurchenko, says the country is ready to receive six million tourists in 2014.
In an announcement to the press, Yurchenko said that foreign tourists will be able to visit Crimea visa-free from this year.
The move, according to Russian News Agency ITAR-TASS, is to support the country's push to maintain cruise tourism and encourage holiday-makers to visit.
Crimea, which was reclaimed by Russia from Ukraine in March after violent protests resulting in over 100 deaths, plans to invest a large amount of money to modernise about 130 tourist facilities.
And Yurchenko appealed to the public to book a trip for the new holiday season, which starts on May
The visa-free amendment will allow foreign tourists to stay at Crimean resorts without a visa for up to 12 days, and tourists arriving aboard cruise liners at Crimean ports will be granted a 72-hour visa-free stay.
The Ukrainian peninsula has much to offer its visitors, including the Swallow's Nest castle in Gaspra, a Neo-Gothic building designed by Russian architect Leonid Sherwood between 1911 and 1912; hiking in the beautiful Carpathian Mountains around Rakhiv; and miles of sandy beaches.
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