Georgia’s mountainous Adjara region attracted 46,592 visitors in 2017
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Georgia’s high-mountainous Adjara region is attracting more visitors year after year, show statistics.
Last year, 46,592 travellers visited guesthouses, touristic sites and museums in Adjara region, which was a 98 percent increase compared to 2016.
The most visited places in Adjara were:
- Keda – 20,298 visitors (204 percent increase)
- Khulo – 18,626 visitors (78 percent increase)
- Machakhela – 7,668 visitors (71 percent increase)
One of the most visited places in Adjara region were museums, where the number of visitors increased by 32 percent in 2017 compared to 2016.
As reported, 15,286 visited Adjara’s museums last year.
The head of Adjara’s Tourism Department Sulkhan Glonti said that last year the office organised 12 info tours and introduced Adjara’s touristic potential to about 180 people, excluding trade fairs and other programmes abroad.
The number of international travellers visiting Georgia is increasing year-on-year, show the latest data from the Georgian National Tourism Administration, which said Georgia hosted 444,241 international visitors in January 2018.
Tbilisi National Park, Kazbegi National Park and the "Prometheus Caves” are the most popular protected areas so far in 2018. A total of 16,475 guests visited Georgia’s protected areas in January 2018, a 46 percent hike in comparison to the same month in 2017, announces Georgia’s Agency of Protected Areas.
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).
Almost seven million international travellers visited Georgia between January-November of which over three million were tourists, says the Georgian National Tourism Administration.