Number of tourists visiting Georgia increases 8% in Jan-July 2019:
Most visitors from Russia
Georgia hosted 2,697,624 tourists (+8%) and 4,961,918 international travellers (+7.8%) in January-July 2019. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgia hosted 2,697,624 tourists (+8%) and 4,961,918 international travellers (+7.8%) in January-July 2019, announces the Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA).
Most visitors came from:
- Russia (+22.1%)
- Azerbaijan (+5.6%)
- Armenia (+2.9%)
- Turkey (-0.3%)
The countries with the most significant increase were:
- Tajikistan (+242.3%)
- Uzbekistan (+155.5%)
- Kyrgyzstan (+102.3%)
- China (+52.8%)
- Saudi Arabia (+52.6%)
- Kazakhstan (+54%)
A positive trend was maintained by visitors from the European Union:
- Germany (+40.7%)
- Latvia (+31.6%)
- Poland (+26.9%)
- The United Kingdom (+24.6%)
- France (+25.5%)
Head of the GNTA Mariam Kvrivishvili said that last month the number of Russian visitors decreased by 6.4 per cent and Russian tourists – by 14 per cent.
Overall, in July Georgia hosted 1,099,474 international visitors (+5.8%) and 570,482 tourists (+1%).
In July the most visitors came from Azerbaijan (+13.1%), Russia (-6.4%), Turkey (+9.6%) and Armenia (+3.2%).
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).
Georgia hosted 471,979 tourists (+18%) and 873,966 international travellers (+20.2%) in June 2019, announces the Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA).
A total of 2.2 million international, non-resident visitors came to Georgia in the second quarter (Q2) of 2019, with 45% being made by travelers between the ages of 31-50.
The Georgian tourism industry generated $374.7 million in July 2019 or $57.8 million less (-13.3%) compared to the same period of 2018, show the latest data published by the National Bank of Georgia.
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.
The total number of arrivals by international non-resident travellers coming to Georgia in the third quarter (Q3) of 2019 increased by 4.6 per cent compared to last year and reached 3.4 million, show the latest data published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
A total of 780,100 Georgian citizens travelled outside of Georgia in the second quarter (Q2) of 2019.