Number of tourists visiting Georgia increases 4.3% in March 2019

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).

The countries with the most significant increase were:

• Switzerland (+154)
• Israel (+73%)
• China (+57.2%)
• Kazakhstan (+50.1%)
• Saudi Arabia (+34.1%)

A positive trend was maintained by visitors from the European Union:

• Slovakia (+102.9%)
• Latvia (+82.1%)
• The Czech Republic (+76.3%)
• Poland (+55.9%)
• Lithuania (+43.2%)
• Germany (+31.3%)

During January-March of 2019 Georgia hosted 1,617,548 international visitors, that is 2.2% year-on-year increase, says the GNTA.

How did Georgia benefit from more visitors?

In January-February 2019 international tourism revenue reached $333.7 million that is $15 million more compared to the same period of 2018.