Georgia’s Black Sea region hosts almost 2 mln travellers in 2018
Batumi is already on a number of lists of the most interesting places to visit in 2019. Photo: N. Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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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.
The countries with the most significant increase were:
- Estonia (+88.2%)
- Germany (+79.2%)
- Great Britain (+33.9%)
- Lithuania (+33.2%)
- Poland (+11.5%)
Head of the Tourism Department of Adjara Sulkhan Ghlonti said that almost two million international travellers is an unprecedented number for the region.
He said that to achieve this goal the tourism department of Adjara actively promoteed the region among international travellers through different platforms such as the BBC, Euronews, CNN and Deutsche Welle.
Batumi, the capital of the Adjara region, is already on a number of lists of the most interesting places to visit in 2019, including the publication the New York Times.
Batumi is also one of Airbnb’s top 19 trending destinations for 2019.
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Georgia has set a new record, hosting over eight million international travellers this year, the Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA) announces. Georgia hosted 8,105,829 international travellers in January-November 2018, showing an increase of 10.6% year-on-year (y/y). Of these travellers, 4,486,595 were tourists, which is 17.2% more compared to the same period of 2017.
A total of 2.2 million international visitors ventured away from their home countries and visited Georgia in the third quarter (Q3) of 2018, which is a 10.2% year-on-year (y/y) increase, show the latest data published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
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Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi is hosting the World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations congress on 20-25 January.
Henrik Hololei, Director-General for Mobility and Transport of the European Commission, is visiting Georgia to to meet the local authorities and attend the conference on economics 'Georgia and the World in 2019' that will be held in Georgia on 29-30 January.
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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.
Five individuals have been detained in the Georgian coastal city of Batumi for extorting tourists, the Georgian Interior Ministry stated today.
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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.