An agreement on visa-free travel between Ukraine and Israel, signed in July 2010, comes into force on Wednesday.
Citizens of Israel and Ukraine are now able to travel between the countries without visas for up to 90 days.
Israel hopes the number of Ukrainian tourists in 2011 will increase 40% year-on-year and exceed 140,000 people, bringing in around $100 million in tourist revenue.
Israel has enjoyed a visa-free regime with Russia since September of 2008 and, according to the Israeli Ministry of Tourism, some 550,000 Russian tourists visited the country last year bringing the Israeli economy about $400 million.
KIEV, February (RIA Novosti)
