Revenue from international tourism up 45.6% in Jan-Aug 2021 y/y
Tourists buying Georgian souvenirs at the market on the stairs on Rustaveli Avenue which is popular among the tourists for the wide choice of handmade, authentic and traditional souvenirs. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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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.
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.
The top 10 countries from where visitors came in August were:
- Russia - 39,909 visitors (+809%)
- Turkey - 34,847 visitors (+ 114%)
- Ukraine - 29,372 visitors (+2,849%)
- Georgia (non-residents) - 23,117 visitors (+390%)
- Armenia - 22,733 visitors (+161%)
- Saudi Arabia - 16,436 visitors (+ 16,435%)
- Belarus - 13,494 visitors (+5,678%)
- Kazakhstan - 12,221 visitors (+2,489%)
- Azerbaijan - 11,181 visitors (+ 198%)
- Poland - 6,954 visitors (+12,100%)
Georgia’s tourism and investment potential will be on display at Expo 2020 in Dubai, the first universal exhibition of its kind to be held in an Arab country. The purpose of the expo is ‘to bring the world together, exchange new perspectives and inspire action to deliver real-life solutions to real-world challenges.’
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 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.
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.
About 1.37 million Georgian resident visitors aged 15 years and up made 1.57 million trips within Georgia in the third quarter of 2021, which is a 20.1% increase compared to the same period last year, says the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
A total of 1,881,271 international travellers visited Georgia in 2021, an increase of 7.7% compared to 2020, the Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA) reports.
Visits by international travelers to Georgia reached the figure of 199,393 in January, making a 38 percent increase compared to the same month in 2019, and a 471 percent growth compared to January 2021, the Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA) said earlier on Thursday.
Revenue from international travellers totalled $114 million in January 2022 in Georgia, an increase of about $104 million compared to January 2021 and a reduction of $79 million in comparison to January 2020, the Georgian National Tourism Administration revealed on Tuesday.