Tourists spent $164 million in Georgia last month
The income received from tourism in Georgia increases year on year. Photo: Georgian National Tourism Administration press office.
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Foreign tourists spent $164.5 million in Georgia last month, which is five times more than the income received in the same month of the last year, the Georgian National Tourism Administration of the Ministry of Economy of Georgia has reported.
How did Georgia benefit from more visitors?
About $3.2 billion was generated from tourism in Georgia in 2018, which was $498 million more compared to 2017, said the GNTA.
Meanwhile, in all of 2017 international tourism revenue reached $2.7 billion, which was $594 million more compared to 2016.
Georgia’s Black Sea region of Adjara attracted 1,931,179 international travellers in 2018, 14.7% more compared to 2017, announces the Department of Tourism and Resorts of Adjara Autonomous Republic.
Georgia hosted 305,939 tourists in January 2019, showing an increase of 5.9% year-on-year (y/y) announces the Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA).
Georgia has set a new record, hosting over eight million international travellers this year, the Prime Minister of Georgia Mamuka Bakhtadze announces.More specifically, Georgia hosted 8,679,544 international travellers in 2018, showing an increase of 9.8% year-on-year (y/y).
Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi is hosting the World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations congress on 20-25 January.
The Contemporary Class travel magazine has put Georgia on the list of destinations that should be visited in 2019. "There’s never a bad time to visit Georgia, but 2019 is looking an especially good year,“ reads the article intro.
More than eight million international, non-resident travellers came to Georgia in 2018, the Georgian National Statistics Office (Geostat) reported today.
Georgia hosted 247,705 tourists in February 2019, showing an increase of 5.1% year-on-year (y/y) announces the Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA).
Georgia hosted 328,486 tourists in March 2019, showing an increase of 4.3% year-on-year (y/y) announces the Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA).
Five individuals have been detained in the Georgian coastal city of Batumi for extorting tourists, the Georgian Interior Ministry stated today.
Georgia hosted 882,130 tourists (+5.1%) and 1,617,548 international travellers (+2.2) in the first quarter (Q1) of 2019, announces the Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA).
The Georgian capital of Tbilisi has become a member of the World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF), Tbilisi mayor, Kakha Kaladze announced earlier today.
Four individuals have been detained in the Georgian coastal city of Batumi for extorting tourists, the Georgian Interior Ministry stated today.
The rapid and sustainable development of the economy depends primarily on the business environment, its development and on how quickly and effectively it can create jobs, said Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia at a meeting with business representatives in the field of tourism.
International visits from Iran to Georgia in October 2019 decreased 34.5 per cent compared to last year, announced the Georgian National Tourism Administration earlier today.
Georgia has hosted over nine million international travelers this year, which is 7.1 percent more compared to last year, announced the head of the Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA) Mariam Kvrivishvili today. $3.051 billion was generated from international tourism in Georgia in January-November 2019, which was $35 million more compared to the same period of 2018, shows the data of GNTA.