January-August 2017: Georgia hosts over 2.4 million tourists
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Georgia hosted 1,080,449 international travellers in August of 2017, which was 27.4 percent increase compared to the same month of 2016, show data from the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
This included:
- 573,368 tourists* (which is 53.1 percent of all visitors)
- 274,878 transits (which is 25.4 percent of all visitors)
- 232, 203 other travellers (which is 21.5 percent of all visitors)
The highest number of visitors who came to Georgia in August of 2017 were from:
- Armenia - 12 percent increase
- Russia - 28 percent increase
- Azerbaijan - 19 percent increase
- Turkey - 42 percent increase
- Ukraine - 4 percent increase
- Iran - 85 percent increase
In January-August of 2017, a positive trend was also maintained by visitors from the European Union:
- Germany - 32 percent increase
- United Kingdom - 31 percent increase
- France - 29 percent increase
- Poland - 20 percent increase
- Lithuania - 17 percent increase
- Italy - 26 percent increase
- Greece - 14 percent increase
A positive trend was observed from the Near East, Central Asia, Eastern Europe and America:
- Israel – 40 percent increase
- Kazakhstan – 17 percent increase
- Uzbekistan - 110 percent increase
- Belarus – 31 percent increase
- United States – 27 percent increase
Meanwhile, during the first eight months of 2017 Georgia hosted 5,059,106 international travellers (18.9 percent increase), including 2,402,699 tourists (29.4 percent increase).
Ed. - *Tourists are considered individuals that spend more than 24 hours in the country.
Georgia hosted 982,487 international travellers in July 2017, which was 28.5 percent increase compared to the same month of 2016, show data from the Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA).
Georgia hosted 666,493 international travellers in June 2017, which was 28.5 percent increase compared to the same month of 2016, show data from the Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA).
Georgia hosted 552,958 international travellers in May 2017, which was 5.7 percent increase compared to the same month of 2016, show data from the Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA).
Georgia hosted 510,594 international travellers in April 2017, which was 10.2 percent increase compared to the same month of 2016, show data from the Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA).
Georgia hosted 763,729 international travellers in September 2017, which was a 20.9 percent increase compared to the same month in 2016, show data from the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Last month 380,895 tourists spent time in the country, making for a 24.8 percent year-on-year (y/y) increase.
Georgia hosted more than 6.4 million international travelers during the first 10 months of 2017, says the head of the National Tourism Administration. A total of 6,430,824 international visitors entered Georgia in January-October of this year, which is 18.8 percent more than in the same time period of last year.
Almost seven million international travellers visited Georgia between January-November of which over three million were tourists, says the Georgian National Tourism Administration.
A record number of international visitors visited Georgia in 2017, says head of the Georgian National Tourism Administration Giorgi Chogovadze. Georgia hosted 7,554,936 international visitors (tourists, transit, other), which was a 18.8 percent increase year-on-year (y/y). As for tourists alone, last year Georgia hosted 3,478,932 tourists* (+27.9 percent).