Q3 2021: number of domestic visitors up 20.1% in Georgia

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). 

• Q2 2021 data: Georgian tourists made 1.41 mln visits inside the country

Geostat reports that the monthly average of tourist trips made by Georgian residents totalled 813,500 in the third quarter of this year, which is 22.6% higher than last year. 

In the third quarter of 2021, 38.2% of trips were made by tourists 31-50 years of age; 55.4% of total visitors were women,” Geostat says.

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45.1% of visitors are residents of the Georgian capital city of Tbilisi, while 12.2% of domestic visitors come from the Imereti region.

The top reasons for domestic travel were:

• Visiting friends/relatives – 41% 
• Visiting another property [summer cottage, house, etc.] – 18.3%
• Holiday/leisure/recreation – 14.1%
• Health and medical care – 9.2%
• Business or professional – 2.2%
• Religion/pilgrimage – 0.8%
• Education/trainings – 0.3%

The majority of visitors went to Tbilisi (average 306,600 visits per month) and the Imereti region (280,300 visits per month).

• Revenue from international tourism up 45.6% in Jan-Aug 2021 y/y

Geostat also reports that the monthly average expenditure during these trips in the third quarter of 2021 equalled 320.7 million GEL, which is a 46.3% increase compared to the same period last year.