Half a million tourists visited Crimea during Russia’s two-week May holidays, more than the area has seen in this time period since the fall of the USSR, as citizens seek alternatives to foreign trips due to Covid-19 restrictions.
Speaking on Tuesday, the regional head Sergey Aksenov revealed that 75% of all visitors had come via car, across the Crimean Bridge, which connects the ancient city of Kerch to the Russian mainland. The other 25% of tourists came via air and rail, with less than 1% passing through the border with Ukraine.
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