See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Tourism bookings to annexed Crimea have fallen sharply after Russia ...

In occupied Crimea, the peak tourist season has effectively fallen through: beaches and boardwalks remain empty, and about 90% of tourist reservations have been canceled.

"We spent the whole night in a shelter." "The cafes are all open… but they ask for cash or a bank transfer; many cafes don't have electricity." "As for fuel, I still recommend bringing some with you ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These are just a few messages from a Telegram group where tourists in occupied Crimea discuss conditions on the peninsula.

The losses suffered by the tourism industry in occupied Crimea in January-June 2026 exceeded RUB 4 billion (about US$46 million), according to data from Russia's Federal State Statistics Service ...

Russia acknowledged that the drop in tourist traffic was driven by transport problems, fuel shortages on the peninsula and the “general information environment,” citing data from the TravelLine ...

new video loaded: Dark cloud over Crimea's tourism coast transcript Crimea's coastline has been the Russian empire's answer to the Mediterranean Riviera since the 19th century. But as Ciara Sutton ...

The Russian government has pledged more than $50 million to support the sector Crimea's tourism industry has taken a hit in recent months In a resort town on the southern coast of the Russian-annexed ...

The summer tourist season is starting in Russian-occupied Crimea, but with Ukrainian drone attacks, Internet outages, and fuel shortages, just how many people will visit the peninsula? As Current Time ...

His shop would typically sell up to 400 ice creams a day. But a series of Ukrainian strikes on the peninsula this summer has seen the visitors dry up. "The season is completely ruined, it's ...