165,059 Georgians travelled visa free in EU

The official data of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reads that between March 28 and November 2 in total 165,059 Georgians used the benefit of visa free travel to the EU.

Since the activation of visa free travel with the EU on March 28 this year 379 Georgian citizens were refused to travel to several nations of the European Union.

Allegedly 10,330 people violated the 90-day term of the visa free travel.

Most of those using the visa free opportunity travelled to Germany, Greece and Italy.

• Germany- 46,045 people
• Greece-26,597 people
• Italy-22,087 people
• Poland-13, 091 people
• Spain-8,348 people
• Hungary-7,447 people
• Cyprus-7,140 people
• France-6,231people
• Austria-4,053 people
• Netherlands-4,034 people
• Lithuania-3,342 people
• Latvia-2,873 people
• Czech-2,515 people
• Belgium-1,270 people
• Switzerland-983 people
• Sweden-774 people
• Portugal-678 people
• Bulgaria-654 people
• Romania-514 people
• Estonia-494 people
• Malta-344 people
• Denmark-319 people
• Croatia-240 people
• Norway-152 people
• Finland- 129 people
• Slovenia-83 people
• Luxemburg- 70 people
• Slovakia-70 people
• Island-45 people
• Lichtenstein- 3 people

From those 379 Georgians who were refused entry intended to leave for Italy, Poland and Greece.

The data is based on figures from flights in the Schengen Zone.