Shut off from the EU after three years of visa-free access, Ukrainians will discover that Ukrainian hotels and amenities modernized while they were away,

Shut off from the EU after three years of visa-free access, Ukrainians will discover that Ukrainian hotels and amenities modernized while they were away, Peter Dickinson writes in an Atlantic Council UkraineAlert blog. “The post-Soviet stereotype of moribund Ukrainian holiday resorts is now out of step with the upgraded reality of the country’s increasingly competitive tourism industry. With record numbers of Ukrainians set to discover this for themselves as they spend their 2020 vacations in Ukraine, the country’s hospitality sector could emerge as one of the few Ukrainian industries to benefit from the coronavirus crisis.”