2020 data: Georgia’s hospitality sector offers 26,897 rooms
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In Georgia 1,054 hotels were operating in 2020 featuring 26,897 rooms in total, official statistics from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) show.
Geostat says that the total number of rooms decreased by 23.4% year-on-year.
Distribution of the number of rooms in hotels is as follows:
- 16,066 were double rooms
- 4,894 were triple rooms or larger
- 3,530 were single rooms
- 2,407 were lux
The number of visitors in hotels and hotel type enterprises reached 1.34 million in 2020 (-66.5%) of which:
- 66.2% people stayed for recreation and rest
- 17.3% – for business trips
- 5.1% – for treatment
- 11.4% - other purpose
The majority of foreign guests staying in hotels and hotel-type enterprises with the main purpose of holiday and recreation were Russian and Israel nationals (22.3% and 12.3%), said Geostat.
Geostat said that 30.6% of the guests were foreigners.
Distribution of the number of foreign guests in hotels and hotel-type enterprises by countries:
Image: Geostat.
The number of people employed at the hotels reached 13,615 of which 54.8% were women.
About 910,800 Georgian tourists aged 15 years or more made one million visits (-37.2%) within Georgia in 2020. The number of visitors has decreased by 8.3% year-on-year, says the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
A total of 695,000 international visits have been carried out to Georgia in January-July 2021 which is a 45.5% decrease compared to the same period of last year, and 83% decrease compared to January-July 2019, announces the Georgian National Tourism Administration.
Tetra Cave, a western Georgian location where ancient humans left their traces 30,000 years ago, is starting a new life today as both a wine production spot and a destination for health tourism, following a two-year renovation supported by the European Union and the Czech Development Agency.
Travel bloggers and influencers from across the world will see some of the most iconic sights of Georgia over the next week and a half before introducing their experiences to travellers following them on online platforms, in the latest move of the Georgian National Tourism Administration to promote the potential of the country to visitors.
The Georgian government will offer incentives to the public to encourage them to get vaccinated against Covid-19, said Head of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze today.
Georgia has reported 1,915 new cases of coronavirus, 5,929 recoveries and 78 deaths in the past 24 hours. 49,017 remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia.21,411 tests were conducted around the country in the past 24 hours. 12,305 of the 21,411 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 9,106 were PCR tests. The country has had 545,033 cases of coronavirus since February 26, 2020. 10.44 per cent of tested individuals had Covid-19 in the past 14 days.488,661 of the 545,033 patients have recovered, while 7,329 have died from the virus.
Georgia hosted 266,544 visitors in August 2021 which is a 510% increase compared to the same month of 2020, however it is still 75% less compared to August 2019, says the Georgian National Tourism Administration. "Accordingly, the number of visitors to Georgia in August was restored by only 24.5% of the 2019 figure", says the administration.
About 1.23 million Georgian resident visitors aged 15 years or more made 1. 41 million visits within Georgia per month in the second quarter of 2021, show the latest data published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). The number of visitors has increased twice in comparison to the corresponding data for the second quarter of the previous year.
Georgia has received $703.9 million from international tourism in January-August 2021, which is 45.6% more compared to the same period of last year, says the National Bank of Georgia (NBG). In August alone Georgia received $198.8 million, which is an increase of 1,243% compared to 2020 and a decrease of 51.8% compared to the pre-pandemic year of 2019.
The number of hotels operating in Georgia increased by 68.5 percent in Georgia in 2021, while the number of their rooms went up by 60.2 percent, based on official statistics published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia on Friday.