Jan-Oct 2021: Georgia hosts 1,393,914 international travellers
The National Bank of Georgia reports that Georgia received $886 million in earnings from the tourism sector in January- October of 2021, which is 73.5% more than the same period in 2020. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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A total of 1,393,914 international travellers visited Georgia in January-October 2021, which is 1.8% less than in the same period of 2020, and 79% less than the same period of 2019.
A total of 205,680 international travellers visited Georgia in October 2021, which is 313% more than the same period in 2020 and 69% less than in October of 2019.
International tourists with the most significant increase in October were:
- Turkey – (+89%)
- Russia – (+571%)
- Armenia – (+105%)
- Georgia (non-resident) – (+231%)
- Ukraine – (+1,230%)
- Israel – (+9,134%)
- Kazakhstan – (+1,250%)
- Saudi Arabia – (+437,300%)
- Azerbaijan – (+113%)
- Poland – (+9,370%)
The National Bank of Georgia reports that Georgia received $886 million in earnings from the tourism sector in January- October of 2021, which is 73.5% more than the same period in 2020.
A total of 49,260 international visits have been carried out to Georgia in December 2020 which is a 90.8 per cent decrease compared to the same period of last year, says the Georgian National Tourism Administration.
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).
Georgia expects 10.5 million international visitors in 2024 and $6 billion in earnings from the tourism sector in 2024, said Head of the Georgian Tourism Administration Mariam Kvrivishvili.
Georgia hosted 882,130 tourists (+5.1%) and 1,617,548 international travellers (+2.2) in the first quarter (Q1) of 2019, announces the Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA).