The tourist season has kicked off in Crimea, and according to the peninsula’s tourism ministry, over 400,000 tourists visited the republic from January to April 2017. In 2016, some 5,600,000 tourists visited Crimea, while in 2015, the number was around 4,600,000. Crimea’s head Sergey Aksyonov said earlier that in 2017, the tourist inflow was expected to grow to 6,000,000. See Crimea's incredible attractions in this photo gallery.