Kim: We have to be ready «suddenly» to open the 2025 beach season

Vitalii Kim, head of the Mykolaiv Regional State Administration, wants to open the beach season this year, archive photo of the Mykolaiv Regional State Administration

Mykolaiv region is preparing to open the beach season in the summer of 2025, if security conditions allow it.

This position was expressed by the head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration Vitalii Kim in an interview with Ukrinform.

Earlier it was reported that part of the beaches in Koblevo, Mykolaiv region, are to be opened by the summer of 2025. Entrepreneurs insist on resuming the tourist season following the example of Odesa. Vitalii Kim previously said that opening beaches in Kobleve, Rybakivka and Luhove was his goal for this year.

Answering a journalist's question about whether it would be possible to get permission from the military to open the beaches, the JMC head said that the main problem was the danger of mines being brought from the sea to the beaches. He noted that, unlike Odesa, there are no breakwaters on the Black Sea coast in Mykolaiv region that could be used to fence off the swimming area.

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«It is difficult to negotiate with the military, and they are right. But we also have a technical problem. In Odesa, there are breakwaters with a net stretched between them, and this prevents mines from getting to the beach. We also had a project to strengthen the coastline before the war, but it was not implemented in time. So now we are thinking about how to do it,» said Vitalii Kim.

At the same time, he said that the task of the authorities today is to be ready to open the beach season if there is a ceasefire in May-June.

«But our main task is to ensure that if the ceasefire is to be lifted in May or June, we are ready to start the beach season immediately so that we don't lose time again. The tourism business has been out of business for three years now, there are no funds to maintain the bases and infrastructure... This is a difficult issue. In addition, people perceive the degree of danger differently. I was in Ochakiv last year. The shelling started, and they were sitting on the beach under an umbrella drinking beer and nuts. But our task is to keep people safe if we are given the opportunity to work,» said Vitalii Kim.

Earlier, the head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, Vitalii Kim, announced the launch of new tourist routes in Mykolaiv region.

As you know, visiting the sea in Mykolaiv region remains prohibited due to the mine threat. This includes the resorts of Ochakiv, which suffers from shelling almost daily, and Koblevo.

Mykola Marinov, deputy head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, believes that after Ochakiv leaves the combat zone within six months, it will be possible to partially clear the beaches and partially restore Ochakiv as a resort town. In particular, the expanded map «of tourist magnets» includes 8 sites in Mykolaiv region: Aktovskyi Canyon, Trykratskyi Forest, Lake Balastne, Olvia, two national parks — «Buzky Gard» and «Biloberezhzhia Sviatoslava», Myhiia and Kinburn Spit.