Georgia, Türkiye team up to deepen tourism ties
Participants of the meeting expressed readiness to increase the frequency of flights between the two countries and stressed the importance of bringing their public and private sectors "even closer together". Photo: ministry of economy
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Tourism authorities of Georgia and Türkiye have held their first working meeting in Istanbul to deepen cooperation in the field of tourism, the ministry of economy of Georgia announced on Tuesday.
Participants of the meeting expressed readiness to increase the frequency of flights between the two countries and stressed the importance of bringing their public and private sectors "even closer together".
The sides agreed it is important to offer and develop common tourism products, share experience with each other, raise service levels and deepen cooperation in tourism with training and various events", the ministry said.
Georgia hosted 543,464 travellers from Türkiye in the first nine months of 2022, an 141 percent increase year-on-year but 40 percent less compared to the pre-pandemic figures of 2019, the official statistics published by the Georgian national tourism administration show.
Other data published by the national statistics office of Georgia shows that in the first quarter of 2022 a total of 261,400 Georgian resident travellers took a trip outside of the country, with most of these visits - 102,800 - being made to Türkiye.
International tourist visits to Georgia between January and September of this year have marked a 67.8 percent recovery from the pre-pandemic 2019 statistics, deputy economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili said on Tuesday while presenting a report of the domestic tourism and aviation industries.
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A total of 261,400 Georgian resident travellers took a trip outside of the country in the first quarter of 2022 with most of these trips being made to Turkey (102,800) and Russia (26,300), show the latest data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia.
Georgia and Turkey on Wednesday signed an agreement on road transport traffic that defines all current issues in the field, the Georgian Economy Ministry announced.
Pegasus Airlines, a Türkiye-based budget airline, is set to launch flights between the Turkish capital of Ankara to the Georgian capital of Tbilisi starting November 2, the Georgian economy minister announced on Wednesday.
Turkish-based Pegasus Airlines has launched flights connecting the capitals of Türkiye and Georgia, with first passengers arriving on Wednesday, TAV Georgia, the company operating Tbilisi and Batumi airports, has announced.
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.
Turkish-German carrier SunExpress will enter the Georgian airline market starting in June 2023, the United Airports of Georgia said on Thursday.
Turkish-German carrier SunExpress has performed its inaugural flight to Georgia, bringing 135 passengers from Turkey to the capital city of Tbilisi this morning, the United Airports of Georgia said on Monday.