KYIV, Nov 30 – Visits by travelers from Belarus to Ukraine grew 50% year-on-year in the first nine months of 2017, from 1.3 million to 2.1 million people, making Belarus the third-biggest source of tourists, the Economic Development and Trade Ministry said.

Moldova tops the list with 3.4 million tourists in January-September 2017, a year-on-year increase of 3.2%, the ministry said.

Turkish arrivals grew by 41% to 2 million, the ministry said. Ukraine was visited by 2 million Israeli citizens, an increase of 26%.