CRIMEA-UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CONFLICT-TOURISM-LEISURE

Valentina Orlova, who came to take a holiday from Makiivka, near Donetsk that is under Moscow's control, and her family relax on a half-empty beach in the resort town of Alushta on the Crimean peninsula on June 18, 2023. The Balaklava Bay in Moscow-annexed Crimea, known for its astounding natural beauty, is almost empty of beach-goers in mid-June, spelling another disastrous summer tourism season on the peninsula seized by the Kremlin in 2014. As Russia's Ukraine campaign drags on into a second year, tourists have stopped flocking to the peninsula. Crimea, now major logistics base for Russian forces in Ukraine, is regularly hit by drones, explosions and other incidents. (Photo by Olga MALTSEVA / AFP) (Photo by OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images)