Georgian Deputy Economy Minister: Georgian tourism sector and economy have “one of the fastest” recovery rates in region
The opening event was also attended by the representatives of tourism companies and associations. Photo: Economy Ministry.
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Georgian tourism sector and the country’s economy are “resistant to challenges”, and have “one of the fastest” recovery rates in the region, Irakli Nadareishvili, the Deputy Minister of Economy said on Saturday at the opening ceremony of a 4-star hotel in the centre of Georgia’s capital Tbilisi.
The Economy Ministry noted the investment of the hotel project has amounted to $3.5 million and pointed out more than 40 people have already been employed, also adding that several rooms have been adapted to the needs of persons with disabilities.
Nadareishvili said the hotel has been “another good example” that the Georgian tourism sector has been enjoying “growing interest” from both tourists and investors, while also highlighting the income from tourism in July 2022, which exceeded the figures from 2019 by 20 percent, for the first time after pandemic, and the income from travel in January-July of 2022, exceeding $1.6 billion, that constituted 87.4 percent of the figures of 2019.
The opening event was also attended by the representatives of tourism companies and associations.
The number of hotels operating in Georgia increased by 68.5 percent in Georgia in 2021, while the number of their rooms went up by 60.2 percent, based on official statistics published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia on Friday.
Tbilisi International Airport in the Georgian capital served 1,515,988 passengers in the first seven months of 2022, while the number stood at 313,036 for Batumi International Airport in the country's Black Sea city, TAV Georgia, the operator of the two facilities, announced on Wednesday.
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.
Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili on Saturday said cargo turnover, by the country's transport sectors, including road and railway, as well as civil aviation, had increased by 16.6 percent in the first quarter of 2022 and had amounted to 12.8 million tons, this “clearly indicating” that the interest of international carriers towards the transport corridor of Georgia has been growing.