Hundreds of hotels offer free accommodation to Ukrainian visitors stranded in Georgia
The Georgian National Tourism Administration has designated a hotline number - reachable through 0 800 800 909 - for visitors from Ukraine in need of assistance. Photo: The Georgian National Tourism Administration/Facebook.
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Hundreds of Georgian-based hotels have offered free accommodation to Ukrainian visitors who are stranded in Georgia due to the outbreak of hostilities in their country this week, the Ministry of Economy said on Friday.
Deputy Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili noted up to 100 Ukrainian citizens had been provided with humanitarian assistance since Russia’s invasion of the country on Thursday.
The Georgian National Tourism Administration has also designated a hotline number - reachable through 0 800 800 909 - for visitors from Ukraine in need of assistance.
In addition to the hospitality industry, free accommodation offers have been made through the Facebook groups Glory to Ukraine – Support from Georgia, as well as the page for the tourist campaign Spend 4 Seasons in Georgia.
Georgian citizens have also offered free transportation throughout Georgia to Ukrainian visitors stranded in the country.
Peaceful demonstrations were held in various Georgian cities on Thursday evening to express solidarity for the Ukrainian people following Russia's military invasion of Ukraine.
Civilians have gathered in Georgia's capital of Tbilisi, as well as cities of Gori, Kutaisi, Zugdidi, Poti and Batumi to condemn Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
Georgian civil activists and opposition politicians held a rally in solidarity with Ukraine outside the government administration offices in Tbilisi on Saturday.
Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili has called on the international community to do everything possible to stop hostilities in Ukraine, in a statement following the beginning of Russia’s military action on Thursday.
Georgia will allocate 1 million GEL ($315,457 /€279,842) from the government's reserve fund to assist the Ukrainian people affected by Russia's ongoing military invasion.
Dozens of Ukrainian citizens stranded in Georgia by the outbreak of hostilities in their home country have received products of high necessity from Georgian companies involved in the #produceforUkraine campaign, Mikheil Khidureli, Director of the Enterprise Georgia state programme, said on Thursday.
Ukrainian nationals living in Georgia joined Georgian citizens on Sunday in solidarity rallies in the capital Tbilisi and the Black Sea city of Batumi following the recent missile strikes on civilian areas of Ukraine by Russia, which killed 19 individuals and left dozens injured.