About a quarter of the country's "tourist magnets" are either occupied, destroyed, or partially damaged as a result of a full-scale war, Head of the State Agency for Tourism Development of Ukraine Mariana Oleskiv has said.

"We have a list of so-called "magnets for tourists," which we created in 2021. This list contains about 140 objects in different regions of Ukraine. We understand that about a quarter of them are either occupied, destroyed, or partially damaged," Oleskiv said in an exclusive interview with Interfax-Ukraine.

According to her, mainly, it is about tourist and recreational facilities in Luhansk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, and Kherson regions.

In addition, the head of the agency said that due to the war in 2022, tourism industry representatives paid UAH 1.5 billion in taxes, which is 31% less than in 2021.

"The total number of taxpayers also fell by 17%. [Payment] of a tourist tax in the country, in general, dropped by 24%. In other words, we understand that there is a 35-40% drop in hryvnias, excluding inflation. Understanding that our main tourist regions are located mainly in the south and west of the country, I would say that we have half the losses in the industry," she added.

At the same time, Olekiv noted that despite the war, Ukrainians travel around the country.

"In the Carpathian region, where my colleagues and I were recently on a business trip, the tourism sector representatives said that the number of bookings for this summer season is relative to 2021. That is, this summer number of tourists in some domestic locations is returning to the pre-war level," the head of the agency said.

She said that in the country as a whole, during the full-scale invasion, there was a drop in purchasing power.

"We have millions of Ukrainians who have left the country, men and women who are fighting, and we are very grateful to them for this. There are also a certain number of men, who sit at home and do not go anywhere, because they are afraid that a summons [to the military registration and enlistment office] may be handed to them, for which they have little respect. All these circumstances influenced the creation of tourist flows, but at least the industry did not stop completely. Women with children have a rest, people who work and who need a reboot, some of the troops spend their holidays not just at home, but resting with their families somewhere in a quiet and cozy place," Oleskiv added.

As for inbound tourism, according to her, today Ukraine has lost it.