Crisis Hits Tourism, Business in Ukraine's Odessa

While the separatist crisis continues in two small regions of eastern Ukraine, the rest of the country is trying to return to business as usual, including the port and resort city of Odessa in the south. The impact in Odessa continues from the revolution. As the summer tourist season gets under way, Odessa’s main pedestrianized street of shops, bars and cafes is largely empty.   Just as few Ukrainians are venturing into occupied Crimea for their summer vacations, many Russians have...

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