Airline ticket reservations rise 15% during lockdown
Where do Ukrainians spend their involuntary holidays?
18 January 2021
In early January, in the run-up to the enactment of the
The top destinations among Ukrainians were Turkey, Poland, Egypt, the UAE, the Czech Republic, and Germany.
| Month | October 2020 | November | December | January 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100% = 1–7 October data | 100 | 101 | 104 | 115 |
Turkey, the Czech Republic, and the UAE were the top destinations by ticket purchases. Relatively warm countries, e.g., Turkey (~UAH 4,480 for a round trip ticket), Egypt (~UAH 10,270), and the UAE (~UAH 8,840) accounted for almost a quarter (23.14%) of search queries. Ukrainians don’t need a visa to visit these, only a fit-to-fly certificate with proof of a negative COVID-19 PCR test.
| Turkey | 15 | 28.3% |
|---|---|---|
| Czech Republic | 8 | 15.1% |
| UAE | 7 | 13.2% |
| Belarus | 6 | 11.3% |
| Poland | 5 | 9.4% |
| Egypt | 4 | 7.5% |
| Lithuania | 2 | 3.8% |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 3.8% |
| Estonia | 2 | 3.8% |
| Germany | 2 | 3.8% |
Although the Czech Republic and Germany are currently closed for tourists, Ukrainians are actively buying tickets to these destinations. These are likely labour migrants or people coming there on a family or student visa.
Domestic destinations account for 14% of all searches, the top ones being Kyiv, Odesa, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Dnipro. On average, a round trip ticket on domestic costs about UAH 4,480.
Source: Opendatabot
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