Foreign visitors arriving in, leaving Georgia to receive wine as gift

All foreign visitors arriving in or leaving Georgia will receive a bottle of Georgian wine as a gift, announces the Georgian National Tourism Administration.

The new marketing campaign will be carried out this summer only at Tbilisi International Airport and at the Larsi border checkpoint at Georgia-Russia border.

A bottle of red wine of Saperavi will be offered to each foreign visitor immediately after they pass through passport control. 

The similar campaign was carried out in 2015 as well. 

Photo showing passengers of Dortmund-Kutaisi flight recieveing gifts at Kutaisi airport. Photo: Kutaisi Airport. 

#SpendYourSummerinGeorgia

Georgian authorities are claiming that overall the country is a safe destination for travellers from any country, including Russia. Accent on Russian tourists was made after the warnings for them from Russian authorities that travelling to Georgia is no longer safe for them.

• Georgian FM: ‘Georgia is a safe and popular tourist country’
• Georgian Economy Minister: “Georgia is a safe country for everyone, including Russian tourists”

Also, in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent ban on flights with Georgia a social campaign under the hashtag #VisitGeorgia and #SpendYourSummerinGeorgia started in Georgia where Georgians as well as foreign visitors share their personal experience of travelling in the country and inviting everyone to support the tourism industry by travelling to Georgia this year.

Foreign embassies in Georgia have also joined the campaign and are promoting the country as a tourism destination, sharing their personal experience of travelling in Georgia on their Twitter accounts.