Kyiv authorities spent UAH 225 million on Eurovision. or 7,5 million euros, while at the same time tourists brought income to local businesses in the amount of 20 million euros. The secretary of Kyiv Council Volodymyr Prokopiv told about this to your loved one.
"Kyiv was a partner in conducting and preparing the competition. There were no separate expenditures for these purposes in the city budget, except for the fulfillment of its guarantees regarding co-financing – a subvention from the city budget to the state budget in the amount of 200 million hryvnias. Only in April, the Kyiv Council additionally allocated almost 25 million hryvnias for holding the contest (19 million for video surveillance in locations, 5 million for the purchase of ballot boxes, etc.)," said Prokopiv.
The secretary of the Kyiv City Council adds that according to the information of the Tourism Department of the KMDA, according to the tickets sold, about 20 foreign guests visited the capital together with official delegations. Considering that each foreigner spent an average of about 100 euros per day, during the competition, the city received about 20 million euros. In addition, the number of domestic tourists exceeded 40 thousand.
He notes that the entire infrastructure will remain with the people of Kyiv after the end of the competition. "Probably, everyone has already seen that the fountains are functioning, nobody is removing the asphalt... That's why it was a somewhat strange question for me. All these things will remain with the community of the capital," writes Prokopiv.
In addition, he stated: "The return of our state to the cultural map of the world is not a demonstration that we closed our eyes to the conflict in Donbas. This is proof that Ukraine is alive and able to overcome obstacles and challenges. The stage of the competition, in turn, became not a "banquet during the plague", but an opportunity to declare oneself to a powerful European audience, which is more than 200 million viewers."
