Georgian residents spent 600 million GEL while travelling abroad in Q3 of 2019
The average expenditure of a visit amounted to 857.7 GEL ($288.31/€260.71). Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgian residents spent 600 million GEL ($200 mln/€180 mln) while travelling abroad in Q3 of 2019, show the latest data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
A total of one million Georgian citizens travelled outside of Georgia in the third quarter (Q3) of 2019.
Most of these trips, 43.4 per cent, were made by travellers between the ages of 31 and 50.
The number of outbound visits by Georgians, defined as trips by people who are over the age of 15 and travel for less than one year, totalled 699,400 said Geostat.
In the reporting period the number of Georgian resident visitors abroad equalled 526,600.
Georgian visitors made 417,700 tourist-type (visit which includes an overnight stay abroad) and 281,800 same-day visits abroad, said Geostat.
In Q3 of 2019, 61.3 per cent of Georgian resident visitors were only tourists (a visitor whose trip includes an overnight stay abroad), while the share of one-day visitors who did not stay abroad for a night was 33.4 per cent.
In terms of gender, women comprised 47 per cent of the total number of visitors.
Most of the visitors (43.7 per cent) were people aged 31-50.
Distribution of outbound visitors by the age groups in Q3 of 2019. Photo: Geostat.
The top reasons for visiting other countries included:
- Visiting friends/relatives – 243,800 visits (34.9 per cent)
- Shopping – 207,200 visits (29.6 per cent)
- Business – 126,200 visits (18 per cent)
- Holiday/Leisure/Recreation – 89,800 visits (12.8 per cent)
- Health and medical care – 19,600 visits (2.9 per cent)
- Other – 12,800 travellers (1.8 per cent)
The majority of outbound visits were made to Turkey (350,500) and Azerbaijan (122,200), said Geostat.
Distribution of outbound visits by the visited countries in Q3 of 2019. Photo: Geostat.
In Q3 of 2019 the average number of nights spent during the outbound visits was 4.5 nights.
Meanwhile, 95 per cent of outbound visits were repeat visits, said Geostat.
Distribution of outbound visits by the level of satisfaction in Q3 of 2019. Photo: Geostat.
The average expenditure of a visit amounted to 857.7 GEL ($288.31/€260.71).
Georgians spent the highest amount of money on foods and drinks (34.8 per cent) followed by shopping (30.7 per cent) and accommodation (16.6 per cent).
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).
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.
A total of 780,100 Georgian citizens travelled outside of Georgia in the second quarter (Q2) of 2019.
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).
In January-November 2019, visits of international travellers coming to Georgia reached the historic high 8,690,352, which is 7.2 per cent more compared to the same period of last year, announced the Georgian National Tourism Administration.
In the first 11 months of 2019, Georgian revenue from international travellers amounted to $3.05 billion which is $35.4 million more compared to the same period of last year, says the Georgian National Tourism Administration.
In the third quarter (Q3) of 2019, the monthly average expenditure during visiting Georgia by its resident visitors (aged 15+) came out to 235.4 million GEL ($82.13 mln/€73.79mln) which is 22.6 per cent more compared to the same period of last year, reports the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
Visits by international travellers who came to Georgia amounted to 633,201 in January 2020, which is 19.8 per cent more compared to the same period of last year, announced the Georgian National Tourism Administration earlier today.
A total of 890,500 Georgian resident travellers* took a trip outside of the country in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2019 with most of these trips being made to Turkey (263,200) and Azerbaijan (111,700), show the latest data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
A total of 619,900 Georgian resident travellers took a trip outside of the country in the first quarter of 2020, which is 8.5 per cent lower compared to the same quarter of the previous year, show the latest data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).