What to do while in Ukraine

   From May this year to July, 35,193 tourists arrived in Ukraine from Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, UAE, Oman and Saudi Arabia. More than 85% of all tourists from the Gulf region (29,809 people) are citizens of Saudi Arabia. This is 8 times more than in pre-crisis 2019. The second country in terms of the number of tourists is the United Arab Emirates, 2,677 tourists in three months, and the third - Oman - 1,007 tourists. The interest of the residents of the Arabian Peninsula in Ukraine is connected with the introduction of a visa-free regime, the opening of new direct flights and the "thaw" after a year of quarantine. According to Visit Ukraine, one vacationer from the Persian Gulf countries spends an average of 2.5 thousand US dollars in 5-7 days in Ukraine.    

   On Saturday, August 14, a five-car Stadler Flirt EPM electric train (interregional electric train) was delivered to Kyiv for testing. The train arrived from Belarus, where it was built on the facilities of CJSC Stadler Minsk. According to available information, the warehouse will be tested in one of the suburban areas of Kyiv. It is obvious that this is due to the implementation of the previously announced City Express project, as in May Ukrzaliznytsia and the Swiss company signed a memorandum of understanding and cooperation. Then the companies agreed to jointly develop passenger rail transport in Ukraine within the City Express project and work on attracting funding. In June, it was reported that Stadler had chosen a location to deploy a plant for the production of electric trains in Ukraine and was ready to provide 1-2 electric trains for testing. The maximum speed of the EPm electric train is 160 km / h. The train has 262 seats for 1st and 2nd class, as well as seats fo...