January 2020: visits by international travellers up 19.8 per cent
Tourist-type visits amounted to 363,614 in January 2020. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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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.
Out of the total number of visits by international travellers, 523,689 (19.8 per cent increase) were carried out by international visitors, defined as visits of people who are over the age of 15 and travel for less than one year.
In the first month of 2020, out of international visits, tourist-type visits (visits of people who stayed in Georgia for at least one night) accounted for 363,614 (an 18.9 per cent increase).
The top countries from where most international visits were carried out to Georgia in January 2020:
Azerbaijan – 34.9 per cent
Armenia – 17.5 per cent
Russia – 1.1 per cent
Turkey – 16.6 per cent
The major EU countries from where an increase of international visits was recorded were as follows:
- Italy -133.1 per cent
- Poland - 82.9 per cent
- France - 46.8 per cent
- Lithuania - 43.7 per cent
The countries with the most significant increase of international visits were:
- Israel - 57.3 per cent
- Saudi Arabia - 49.8 per cent
- Kazakhstan - 44.8 per cent
- Kuwait – 44.6 per cent
Preliminary data show that the income Georgia earned in 2019 from international travellers amounted to $3.3 billion which is an increase of 1.4 per cent compared to 2018.
In December 2019, Georgia earned $217 million from international travellers (up 5.4 per cent), says 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 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.
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).
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).
Georgian revenue from international travellers amounted to $193 million in January 2020, which is 17.6 per cent more compared to the same period of last year, says the Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA).
The total number of arrivals by international non-resident travellers coming to Georgia in 2019 increased by 7.8 per cent compared to last year and reached 9.4 million, show data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
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).
In January-April of 2021, revenue from foreign tourism decreased by 77.5% year-on-year in Georgia, says Galt & Taggart, an investment banking and investment management services company in Georgia.