January 2018: Georgia hosts 444,241 international visitors

In the first nine months of the year Georgia hosted 4,879,031 international visitors. Photo by N. Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
Agenda.ge, 05 Feb 2018 - 12:54, Tbilisi,Georgia

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.

This was a 14.8 percent increase compared to the same month of 2017.

As for tourists alone, last month Georgia hosted 189,476 tourists* (+23 percent compared to January 2017).

The countries from where the largest number of visitors came to Georgia in January 2018 were:

  • Azerbaijan – 0.8 percent increase
  • Turkey – 20.1 percent increase
  • Armenia – 20.9 percent increase
  • Russia – 14.6 percent increase
  • Iran – 92.4 percent increase

From European Union countries:

  • The Czech Republic – 59 percent increase
  • Latvia – 46 percent increase
  • United Kingdom – 31 percent increase
  • The Netherlands – 28 percent increase
  • Lithuania – 16 percent increase

The countries with the most significant increase were:

  • Kuwait – 131 percent increase
  • Saudi Arabia – 127 percent increase
  • Iran – 92 percent
  • Israel – 77 percent increase
  • India – 48 percent increase
  • Turkey – 20 percent increase

Head of the Georgian National Toruism Administration Giorgi Chogovadze shared his interpretation for this year’s tourism data taking into account the promising start of the year 2018.

"For the first time in the history of our country the number of international travellers visiting Georgia will exceed over 8 million and the revenues from international tourism will reach $3 billion”, said Chogovadze. 

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