Economy Minister: ‘The first flow of vaccinated tourists will appear in Georgia in second half of March’
Late in January Economy Minister Natia Turnava said that all foreign citizens who are vaccinated against Covid-19 would be able to visit Georgia. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The first flow of vaccinated tourists will appear in Georgia in the second half of March, Economy Minister Natia Turnava said earlier today.
There is good news. The first flow of vaccinated tourists has already appeared. In particular, an Israeli airline company will launch three tourist charter flights on March 19, 22 and 26 from Tel Aviv to Batumi. This is the result of lifting several coronavirus regulations”, said Turnava.
Late in January Turnava said that all foreign citizens who are vaccinated against Covid-19 would be able to visit Georgia.
Azerbaijani low-cost Buta Airways will start to operate a Baku-Tbilisi-Baku flight three times a week starting in mid-March, Economy Minister Natia Turnava said earlier today. Other low-cost companies which will start operating flights in Georgia from mid-March are Kazakh air carriers Air Astana and FlyArystan.
Travellers from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus will be allowed to enter Georgia after presenting a negative PCR test from the past 72 hours at the border starting March 1, announces Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili.
International flights will resume in Georgia starting February 1, announces Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava, stating that all airline companies that have already operated or plan to enter the country's aviation market in the future will be able to operate regular flights.
Eight teachers at public school No. 161 in Tbilisi have tested positive for coronavirus and so the school is moving to a partial distance learning mode.
Georgian law enforcers have detained one individual for making and selling fake, negative PCR test certificates.
From April 15, despite Covid vaccine passports, all Indian visitors entering Georgia will be required to present PCR test results from the proceeding 72 hours. After entering Georgia, individuals coming from India (regardless of their citizenship) will have to undergo mandatory 14-day quarantine, which should be financed by their own budget.
The Tolerance and Diversity Institute of Georgia has released a statement regarding recent restrictions imposed by the government of Georgia for individuals coming from India to Georgia, including students, which sets a 14-day quarantine and allows entry in the country only by charter flight.
Georgia is easing regulations for international travellers to enter the country as well as for the citizens of Georgia who are returning to the country from abroad. When coming to Georgia foreign visitors must present at the border a document that proves that he/she underwent a complete course of coronavirus vaccination. Citizens of all foreign countries who are vaccinated will be able to enter Georgia.
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.
The land borders of Georgia are expected to open in the next few weeks, once the third wave of the coronavirus passes, announces Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava. She said that the opening of land borders will be an important incentive for the tourism sector.
If the vaccination process develops successfully globally and locally in 2021, air traffic in Georgia will return to the pre-pandemic mark in 2022 and will increase by 120%, says the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, commonly known as Eurocontrol.
Georgia is easing regulations for travellers from Canada, Japan, Kuwait, China, South Korea, Moldova and Oman to enter the country, announces Chief of the Operational Staff of the Interagency Coordination Council Giorgi Gibradze.
Georgia is changing the rules of entry to the country for fully vaccinated travellers. Head of the National Center for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze announced today that fully vaccinated individuals who want to enter Georgia will now need to present a negative PCR test result.
After more than a year-long closure due to the coronavirus pandemic Georgia has today opened its land borders. Individuals are admitted through the land borders of Georgia with evidence of full vaccination and negative PCR test results or alternatively only with a negative PCR test result taken within the last 72 hours. A follow up test three days after entry must also be taken.
Georgia has reported 833 new cases of coronavirus, 1,205 recoveries and 19 deaths in the past 24 hours.
150 Indian students from the Faculty of Science and Education at Batumi State University in the Georgian Adjara region will have their student status suspended due to coronavirus restrictions on travel from India.
Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze has recommended that even vaccinated travellers entering Georgia should receive a Covid-19 test in the country. “…this is important to have guarantees that we are not dealing with falsified documentation. Testing should be a regulation, not a recommendation", she said.