Almost 30% percent more tourists visit Georgia in April
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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.
The number of international visitors coming to Georgia is increasing show data from the Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA).
Georgia’s attractiveness as a tourist destination is increasing, suggest data from January and February of this year.
Georgia welcomed 387,070 international travellers in January of 2017, show the latest data from the Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA).
Over six million international travellers have visited Georgia in 2016 – a 7.6 percent increase year-on-year. More specifically, 6,350,825 international travellers (tourists, transit, other) visited Georgia last year.
Georgian air traffic is increasing spurred on by the upgrading of the country's aviation infrastructure and growing tourism opportunities.
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