Ivano-Frankivsk, March 5 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Estonia considers tourism one of the priority directions for its cooperation with Ivano-Frankivsk region, Estonian Ambassador to Ukraine Jaan Hein has said.
Hein noted that in 2009, six million tourists visited Estonia, which has a population of 1.3 million.
"If we calculate that each tourist spent EUR 120-130 a day, this is [a very important sector]," he said at a meeting of the Estonian economic forum in Ivano-Frankivsk on Thursday.
The ambassador noted that Estonia actively cooperates with the region with regard to health tourism.
"You have medicinal water, and we have sea mud – which is also a great treatment," Hein said.
The ambassador also named wood processing and furniture production as promising directions for the development of entrepreneurship in the region.
According to Hein, at present the volume of direct Estonian investment to Ukraine total EUR 600 million, and there are about 300 enterprises in Ukraine that have received Estonian capital.
