In the Odesa region, the tourism tax exceeded 14 million

In the Odesa region, local budgets received 14.34 million hryvnias in tourism taxes during the first nine months of 2026. Across Ukraine as a whole, revenue increased by 23% compared to the same period last year.

This was reported by data from the OpenDataBot monitoring service. 

According to analysts, the total amount of tourist tax in Ukraine for January through September was 287.22 million hryvnias. This is 53 million hryvnias more than in the first nine months of 2025 and nearly double the figure prior to the start of the full-scale invasion.

In the Mykolaiv region, the tourist tax brought 1.83 million hryvnias to local budgets. In contrast, in the Kherson region, revenue amounted to only 10,000 hryvnias.

<picture></picture>SCREENSHOT: opendatabot.ua

Thus, the three southern regions together received approximately 16.18 million hryvnias in tourism tax. The largest share went to the Odesa region—14.34 million hryvnias. From January through July 2026, local budgets in the Odesa region received 8.6 million hryvnias in tourist tax. This is 19%, or 1.4 million hryvnias, more than during the same period last year.

In total, 54% of Ukraine’s tourist tax—154.25 million hryvnias—was paid by companies. Another 132.97 million hryvnias, or 46%, came from entrepreneurs.

The largest revenues were recorded in Kyiv and Lviv Oblast—55.21 million hryvnias each. At the same time, the amount in the capital increased by only 8% over the year, while in Lviv Oblast it rose by 30%.

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast took third place with 40 million hryvnias, and Zakarpattia Oblast took fourth with 30.42 million. Together, these four regions accounted for 63% of all tourism tax revenue in the country.

Revenue grew the fastest in Rivne Oblast—by 47% over the year. Zakarpattia Oblast showed a 44% increase, and Cherkasy Oblast—a 43% increase.

Анна Літман