Revenue from international tourism up 250.4% in May
Revenues from international tourism have also recovered by 95.6 percent compared to the pre-pandemic 2019, the GNTA said. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Georgia has received $258 million from international tourist visits in May 2022, which is 250.4 percent more compared to the same month of last year, the Georgian National Tourism Administration said on Friday.
Revenues from international tourism have also recovered by 95.6 percent compared to the pre-pandemic 2019, the GNTA said.
In the first five months of 2022, revenues from international tourism reached $840 million, which is a 374.5 percent increase year-on-year and 75.3 percent recovery from the pre-pandemic 2019 number.
Last month Georgia hosted 359,238 international travellers, posting a 49.7 percent recovery from the pre-pandemic 2019 figure and an increase of 228.5 percent year-on-year.
The number included 264,327 tourist visits - marking a 62.3 percent recovery for the same period of 2019 and a 173.9 percent increase compared to the same period of last year.
In the first five months of 2022, international travellers made 1,180,034 visits in Georgia, an increase of 257.8 percent compared to the same period of last year and a 39.5 percent recovery compared to 2019.
During the same period, the number of tourist visits totalled 906,670, which is 213.8 percent increase year-on-year and 54.8 percent recovery compared to January-May 2019, the GNTA said.
Passenger flow in western Georgia's Kutaisi International Airport recovered in May by 111 percent compared to the pre-pandemic figure in 2019, while the number of flights was restored by 115 percent, the United Airports of Georgia said on Monday.
Georgia hosted 359,238 international travellers in May, posting a 49.7 percent recovery from the pre-pandemic 2019 figure and an increase of 228.5 percent year-on-year, the Georgian National Tourism Administration announced on Monday.
Georgia has received $582 million from international tourist visits between January-April, which is 463.1 percent more compared to the same period of last year, the Georgian National Tourism Administration has said.
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 hosted 445,894 international travellers in June, posting a 51 percent recovery from the pre-pandemic 2019 figure and an increase of 185.5 percent year-on-year, the Georgian National Tourism Administration announced on Wednesday.
Western Georgia's Kutaisi International Airport served 76,052 passengers and received 298 flights in June, marking a 21 percent increase in flights from the pre-pandemic period, the United Airports of Georgia said on Thursday.
Georgia’s three international airports served 1,716,718 passengers between January-June, marking a 189 percent increase in comparison to the same period of the pandemic-hit 2020, the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency has said.
Medea Janiashvili, the Acting Head of the Georgian National Tourism Administration, on Thursday responded to a study by Transparency International Georgia, which had noted “significant acceleration” in the rate of visitors to Georgia from Russia in 2022, by saying the number of Russian citizens among visitors had dropped by 52 percent compared to the same period in 2019.
Georgia’s revenues from tourism reached $476 million in July, a 20 percent increase from the same month of the pre-pandemic 2019 and a roughly 130 percent increase from July 2021, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said at today's Government meeting.
Georgia’s revenues from tourism reached $522,945,221 in August, a 26.7 percent increase from the same month of the pre-pandemic 2019 and a 163.1 percent increase over August 2021, the country’s tourism administration said on Friday.
The number of international traveller visits to Georgia recovered by 63.7 percent in October compared to the same month of the pre-pandemic 2019, the Georgian national tourism administration said on Thursday.
TAV Georgia, the company operating Tbilisi and Batumi airports in the capital and the Black Sea city, on Friday said passenger traffic had increased at both venues compared to 2021.
Forty-one airline companies will carry out flights between Georgia and 61 destinations in 31 countries during the winter season, the Georgian civil aviation agency announced on Wednesday after officially approving the schedule for the period.