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Ukraine spends 36 billion to host Euro 2012

Ukraine spends 36 billion to host Euro 2012
Ukraine allocated 36 billion UAH from the state budget to host the European Football Championship 2012, deputy head of the National Agency for Preparation and Holding of the Euro-2012 finals part and Infrastructure Projects Implementation Valery Zhaldak told.

a press conference on the occasion of the presentation of the independent survey "Euro 2012 through the eyes of foreign fans," ForUm correspondent reports.

In particular, according to the survey, conducted by the German Society for International Cooperation, every third guest of Euro-2012 plans to visit Ukraine again.
 
The survey was conducted on June 8 - July 3, 2012 by volunteers in four host cities. The guests were given about six thousand questionnaires and taken personal interviews. About 2.300 people responded to the questionnaire.

According to the survey, the average visitor of Euro 2012 was a young man of 30-39 years old. He spent 200-400 euros during his stay in Ukraine and stayed in the country 3.5 days.

According to the expert, the guests left around 1 billion euros in the Ukrainian cities. Over 80% of visitors visited Ukraine for the first time. Every third guest of the Euro-2012, according to the survey, intends to visit Ukraine again.

According to Zhaldak, guests liked Kyiv and Lviv most of all.

Besides, according to the survey results, more than 80% of the respondents estimated the work of the new international terminals as "good" or "very good."