Number of tourists visiting Georgia increases 4.2% in April 2019
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Georgia hosted 348,519 tourists (+4.2%) and 647,770 international travellers (+4.6) in April of 2019, announces the Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA).
The countries with the most significant increase were:
- Uzbekistan (+125.7%)
- Thailand (+97.5%)
- Kazakhstan (+89.1%)
- Turkmenistan (+52.1%)
- China (+30.6%)
- United Arab Emirates (+26.3%)
A positive trend was maintained by visitors from the European Union:
- Austria (+50.8%)
- Italy (+45.6%)
- Spain (+43.8%)
- France (+43.7%)
- Germany (+43.5%)
- Czech Republic (+38.2%)
How did Georgia benefit from more visitors?
In January-March 2019, international tourism revenue reached $578 million, which is $28 million more compared to the same period of 2018.
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).
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).
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).
More than eight million international, non-resident travellers came to Georgia in 2018, the Georgian National Statistics Office (Geostat) reported today.
A total of 677,400 Georgian resident travellers* took a trip outside of the country in the first quarter (Q1) of 2019 with most of these trips, 44.7%, being made by travellers between the ages of 31 and 50, show the latest data published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
Georgia and Uzbekistan will launch direct flights, head of Georgia’s United Airports of the Ministry of Economy Giorgi Chogovadze stated earlier today, after a meeting with the delegation of Uzbekistan Airways.