Tourists spent $164 million in Georgia last month

The income received from tourism in Georgia increases year on year. Photo: Georgian National Tourism Administration press office.

Agenda.ge, 12 Feb 2019 - 17:36, Tbilisi,Georgia

Foreign tourists spent $164.5 million in Georgia last month, which is five times more than the income received in the same month of the last year, the Georgian National Tourism Administration of the Ministry of Economy of Georgia has reported.

How did Georgia benefit from more visitors?

About $3.2 billion was generated from tourism in Georgia in 2018, which was $498 million more compared to 2017, said the GNTA.

Meanwhile, in all of 2017 international tourism revenue reached $2.7 billion, which was $594 million more compared to 2016.