In the first half of 2025, local budgets of Ukraine received a record 142.6 million hryvnias in tourist tax. This is a third more than in the same period in 2024, and twice as much as in 2021. The data was published by the State Tax Service, reports "Law and Business" with reference to Opendatabot.
The majority of revenues — 55% — were provided by large hotels, sanatoriums and other accommodation establishments. The remaining 45% was paid by owners of apartments, estates and small tourist facilities. For comparison, a few years ago, large players generated 62% of all revenues, but now the picture has almost leveled out.
Only in six regions do businesses still prevail in paying the fee: Kyiv (83%), Sumy region (73%), Khmelnytskyi (61%), Lviv (57%), Rivne and Poltava (51% each).
The largest donors to local budgets were Kyiv (UAH 33.6 million), Lviv region (UAH 26.6 million), and Ivano-Frankivsk region (UAH 22.1 million). Together, they provided 58% of all tourism tax revenues in Ukraine.
Analysts predict that 2025 could be a record year for domestic tourism revenues, as the largest volume of fee payments traditionally falls in the second half of the year.
