How Ukrainians plan to spend their vacations, June, 2014
Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) conducted a nationwide opinion poll from April 29 to May 11, 2014. 2022 respondents were surveyed in 110 settlements all over Ukraine (except Crimea) using a method of personal interviews; sample is random and representative for the Ukrainian population aged 18 years and older .
Statistical sampling error (with probability 0.95, design effect 1.5) does not exceed 3,3% for figures close to 50%, 2,8% for figures close to 25%, 2,0% for figures close to 10%, and 1.4% for figures close to 5%.
The survey showed that in May 2014, despite the situation in the country, the number of Ukrainians who were not planning to take vacations has decreased from 68% to 62% since 2013. The number of people who are not able to go anywhere also decreased from 21% to 17% in the same period (the difference is statistically significant). This change may be explained by the absence of Crimea in the survey sample this year.
In addition:
- The top destinations for vacations are the Carpathian mountains and countryside houses (7% each);
- 4% of respondents plan to go visit their relatives who live in the villages;
- Despite the annexation of Crimea, 2% of Ukrainian respondents plan to spend their vacations there;
- The amount of people planning to go abroad is 3%;
- 15% of respondents have not decided anything about their vacations yet (which is two times higher than in 2013).
In terms of regional distribution [1]:
- The amount of respondents who are not planning summer vacations this year is the largest in the Eastern region (68%), while the lowest is in the South (59%). For the Central and Western regions, the figures are equally distributed at 62% each.
- Trip to the Carpathians or to other Ukrainian destinations are mostly planned by people from the West (12%) and from the South (9%), followed by the Central region (6%). This figure is the lowest in the East (2%).
- Almost similar shares of people in the Eastern region (6%) and in the Central region (7%) plan to stay in countryside houses and cottages. This figure was the highest in the South (9%), while people who plan to do so in the Western region are only 4%.
- There is no big difference in the regional context for vacations in the village visiting relatives - it's 5% for West and East and 4% in the Central and Southern regions.
- Most of the people who plan vacations in Crimea are concentrated in the Eastern region (7%). There was only 1% of such people in Central and Southern regions and 2% in the West.
- The largest number of those who plan to spend their holidays abroad is concentrated in the Western region (5%). There are 2% of these people in the Central and Southern regions, and in the East - 3%.
Appendix
How do you personally plan to spend your summer vacation?
|
Ukraine in total,2011 |
Ukraine in total,2013 |
Ukraine in total,2014 |
I will not be able to have a vacation |
23.1 |
20.9 |
17.1 |
I will stay at home |
43.3 |
47 |
45.1 |
I will go somewhere |
28.9 |
24.7 |
23.2 |
Among them: |
|
|
|
To the countryside house or cottage |
6.2 |
6 |
6.6 |
To visit relatives in the village |
5.1 |
4 |
4.1 |
To Crimea (2014)* |
0 |
0 |
2.4 |
To Carpathian mountains and other Ukrainian destinations (2014) |
0 |
0 |
7.2 |
To Crimea, Carpathian mountains and other Ukrainian destinations (before 2014) |
16.3 |
12.6 |
0 |
Abroad |
1.3 |
2.1 |
2.9 |
DIFFICULT TO SAY |
4.7 |
7.4 |
14.5 |
*) we asked about Crimea for the first time only this year.
By regional distribution:
|
Macroregions |
Western |
Central |
Southern |
Eastern |
I will not be able to have a vacation |
17.5 |
12.5 |
19.3 |
21.1 |
I will stay at home |
44.3 |
49.1 |
39.1 |
46.7 |
Will go to the countryside house or cottage |
4.4 |
7.2 |
8.5 |
6.1 |
Will go to visit relatives in the village |
4.8 |
3.6 |
3.5 |
4.7 |
Will go to Crimea |
1.5 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
6.5 |
Will go to Carpathian mountains and other Ukrainian destinations |
12.1 |
5.6 |
9.1 |
2.2 |
Will go abroad |
4.6 |
2.4 |
2.2 |
2.7 |
HARD TO SAY |
10.9 |
18.5 |
17.2 |
9.9 |
TOTAL |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
[1] Western Region - eight westernmost regions: Volyn, Rivne, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Khmelnytsky, Chernivtsi and Transcarpathian (22% of respondents); Central Region - Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, Kirovograd, Cherkasy, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, Kyiv regions and Kyiv city (30% of respondents); Southern Region - Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhya region (26% of respondents); Eastern Region - Kharkiv, Donetsk and Luhansk region (22% of respondents).
24.6.2014