Recently the experts of the State Service of Tourism and Recreation of Ukraine and the Council on Tourism and Resorts of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine have given Lviv the status of cultural capital of Ukraine. Such a infrastructure in Lviv. Every year the city hosts more than 100 festivals and other cultural events. Besides, there are about 60 museums and 100 churches of various denominations in Lviv.

For the past two years the tourist attendance of Lviv has increased by 40% and made up more than 1 million of people a year. Typically, most of the visitors are from Poland, Germany, Austria, Belarus, USA and Russia.