During the summer holidays, more than 120,000 people cross the border with Ukraine every day
18 July 2024 13:42During the winter and summer holidays, passenger traffic at the border with Ukraine increases every year. The exception was 2022, but in 2023 the number of holidaymakers increased again. About this in an interview with
“In summer and winter, during the holiday season, there is always an increase in passenger traffic. This has been the case every year, with the exception of 2022. In 2023, and in all previous years before the full-scale invasion of the holiday season, passenger traffic is always growing,” he said.
This year is no exception. According to Demchenko, passenger traffic has been growing since the beginning of the summer season.
“Before June, the average number of people crossing the border per day was about 80-90,000 on weekdays in both directions, and on weekends the passenger traffic could reach 90-100,000, but now about 110-120,000 people cross the border on weekdays, and on weekends it can reach 130,000 people per day in both directions,” the State Border Guard Service spokesman said.
He stressed that in June, most people were leaving Ukraine.
“There were 5-10 thousand more people leaving than entering. And starting in July, on some days, the preference is for people to enter Ukraine. Or the passenger flow is 50-50 in percentage terms. On some days, more people are travelling outside Ukraine. In other words, people actually return to the territory of Ukraine after their holidays,”
– demchenko explained.
According to him, more women cross the border than men who are citizens of Ukraine:
“The main category of people crossing the border are women, children, the elderly, and foreigners. The share of male citizens of Ukraine has not increased. Still, men between the ages of 18 and 60 are allowed to cross the border exclusively in accordance with the rules for crossing the border by citizens of Ukraine. After all, this category is subject to restrictions on travelling outside our country, except for those specified in the border crossing rules. And on the basis of supporting documents, men are allowed to leave Ukraine.”
In an interview with
Demchenko reminded that the Western Regional Directorate’s Facebook page publishes the state of congestion at the checkpoints in the west every three hours so that people can get acquainted with the situation and choose the least congested checkpoints.
The Facebook page of the Western Regional Directorate is https://www.facebook.com/zahidnuy.kordon
