Ancient city founded in 1256
International airport
- 44 destinations
- 2 000 pax/hour
- 7 km/15 minutes to city center
- 9 departure gates
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Passenger traffic, '000 pax
Railway hub
- 50+ passenger trains daily
- 8 tracks
- 2.5 M tons monthly cargo load capacity
Highway connection
- 60 km to EU
- A4 international / E40 main road
- 9 customs border checkpoints
53% of people have higher education
Education
- 111 000 students
- 90 000 university students
- 27 universities
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Students by science
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Employment structure
Labor pool
- 563 500 economically active population
- 44 500 unemployed
- 400 Euro average gross salary
Population
- 758 000 inhabitants
- 1 000 000 live in Lviv agglomeration
- 2 528 000 live in Lviv region
1 IT specialist creates 3.37 work places in Lviv
Taxes
- 20% VAT
- 18% corporate income tax
- 0% industrial property tax (for large companies)
- 1% land tax
- 22% corporate tax on salary
- 18% individual income tax
IT
- 317 IT companies
- 21 000 IT employees
- 56% software engineers
- 99.6% speak English
- 4 500 IT specialists graduate annually
- 7 300 freelancers
- 28% predicted annual growth of IT industry
- 83.3% of business owners plan to expand
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IT Market Dynamics, $
BPO potential
- 2 000+ employees already work in BPO/SS industry
- 8 international companies have BPO/SS centers in Lviv
Creative industries
- 15 old factories transforming into creative hubs and spaces
Meeting industry
- Conference facilities
- 41 hotels suitable for conferences
- 9 academic venues
- 22 other venues
- Number of conferences in 2018
- 86 international
- 214 national
- 130 local
The largest number of monuments of architecture, culture and history in Ukraine
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Purpose of visit
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Annual number of tourists, M
Tourism
- 100+ hotels
- 55+ hostels
- 95 annual festivals
- €75 average spending of 1 tourist per day
Food
- 220 cafes, pubs and restaurants
- 28 unique coffeehouses
Culture
- 8 theaters
- 9 cinemas
- 45 museums
- 21 art galleries
- 100+ churches
Lviv is open to the world. Lviv is open to you.
Lviv City Council
- 64 municipal deputies
- 10 city administration departments
- €245 M city budget
Lviv Investment Office
- Supports investment activities
- Searches investment targets
- Provides information
- Identifies potential investment projects
- Arranges business meetings
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Infrastructure projects
- €80 M annual development budget
- €75.3 M major projects implemented with EBRD
- €132.7 M major projects under implementation with EBRD
- €150 M major future projects with EIB
