Almost 30% percent more tourists visit Georgia in April

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).

Meanwhile, 222,622 tourists* spent time in the country, making for a 29.7 percent year-over-year (y/y) increase.

The highest number of visitors who came to Georgia in April 2017 were from Armenia (13.2 percent increase), Azerbaijan (7.1 percent increase), Turkey (19.2 percent decrease), Russia (16.5 percent increase) and Ukraine (27.2 percent increase).

A positive trend was also maintained by visitors from the European Union: 

• Germany - 74 percent increase
• United Kingdom – 51 percent increase
• Lithuania - 43 percent increase
• Poland - 26 percent increase

Exceptional growth in visitor numbers was recorded from the following countries: 

• Uzbekistan – 332 percent increase
• Saudi Arabia – 207 percent increase
• Iran – 184 percent increase
• India - 114 percent increase
• Israel - 57 percent increase
• United States – 34 percent increase

Meanwhile, during the first four months of 2017 Georgia hosted 1,776,719 international travellers (11.1 percent increase), including 736,265 tourists (26.9 percent increase).

Ed. - *Tourists are considered individuals that spend more than 24 hours in the country.