Int’l travellers spend $394 mln in Georgia in January-March

Revenue from international travellers amounted to $394 million in January-March 2022 in Georgia, an increase of about $340 million compared to the previous year and a 68.1 percent recovery compared to 2019, the Georgian National Tourism Administration revealed on Monday.

In March, international travellers spent about $174 million, posting a 71.3 percent recovery from the pre-pandemic figure in 2019, and an increase of about $145 million compared to March 2021. 

The number of visitors entering Georgia in March 2022 are ranked by countries of origin as follows:

• Turkey - 42,421 (+109.6%)
• Russia - 22,536 (+379.2%)
• Armenia - 21,990 (+288.8%)
• Georgia (non-resident) - 17,145 (+136.8%)
• Azerbaijan - 14,554 (+244.4%)
• Israel - 12,308 (+2222.3%)
• Iran - 7,070 (+740.7%)
• Ukraine - 6,375 (+104.7%)

A total of 211,484 international travellers visited the country in March, marking a 34.1 percent recovery compared to 2019.

Georgian airports have served 700,200 passengers in the first quarter of 2022, an increase of 565 percent compared to the same period of last year, and a 69 percent recovery compared to the same period of 2019, the Civil Aviation Agency revealed last week.