244,293 int’l travellers visit Georgia in April
A total of 642,343 international tourist visits were registered in January-April in Georgia, posting a 233.9 increase year on year and a 52.2 recovery from the pre-pandemic figure, the Administration also said. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Georgia hosted 244,293 international travellers in April, posting a 37.7 percent recovery from the pre-pandemic 2019 figure and an increase of 184.9 percent year-on-year, the Georgian National Tourism Administration announced on Wednesday.
The GNTA also revealed the number included 182,381 tourist visits - marking a 52.3 percent recovery for the same period of 2019 and a 140.5 percent increase compared to the same period of last year.
In April 2022, the highest number of visits were reported from the following countries:
- Turkey - 35,959 visits
- Russia - 33,556 visits
- Armenia - 32,228 visits
- Georgia (non-resident) - 20,936 visits
- Israel - 15,709 visits
- Ukraine - 13,018 visits
- Azerbaijan - 11,360 visits
- Belarus - 7,507 visits
- Kazakhstan - 6,032 visits
- Iran - 5,994 visits
In the first four months of 2022, 820,796 international travellers visited the country, an increase of 272.3 percent compared to the same period of last year and a 36.2 percent recovery compared to 2019.
A total of 642,343 international tourist visits were registered in January-April in Georgia, posting a 233.9 increase year on year and a 52.2 recovery from the pre-pandemic figure, the Administration also said.
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.
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 from the pre-pandemic figure in 2019, the Civil Aviation Agency announced on Tuesday.
The Georgian Government expects “even more” international travellers to visit Georgia for the current tourist season due to the “greatly increased” number of applications to the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency, Mariam Kvrivishvili, the Deputy Economy Minister, said on Thursday.
A total of 211,484 international travellers visited Georgia in March, a 34.1 percent recovery from the pre-pandemic figure in 2019, the Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA) announced on Thursday.
Tbilisi International Airport will be able to receive larger aircraft following an upgrade that has seen the construction of an additional lane and a taxiing pitch, the country's Economy Ministry announced on Thursday.
Georgia’s western Kutaisi International Airport served 59,033 passengers in April, marking an 87 percent recovery from the pre-pandemic figure from 2019, United Airports of Georgia announced on Friday.
Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili on Tuesday said tourism authorities expected an “unprecedented high” number of visitors from Saudi Arabia in the coming summer tourist season in Georgia due to recently inked airline deals.
Georgia’s tourism industry has recovered to 70 percent capacity compared to the pre-pandemic period in 2019, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said earlier today, adding the country was experiencing “double-digit” growth in the economy.
Georgia has hosted 431,300 international visitors in the first quarter of the year, with the figure being 4.8 times higher compared to the same period of 2021, the latest data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia shows.
Uzbekistan Airways made its inaugural direct flight connecting the country’s capital Tashkent to Georgia’s Black Sea resort city of Batumi on Saturday, the Tourism Department of the Adjara region said.