Jan-Oct: Georgia receives record high $2.9 billion from int'l tourism
The administration said revenues from international tourism had increased by 183.2 percent year-on-year in the first 10 months. Photo: Nino Alavidze/agenda.ge
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Georgia received $2,854,529,093 from international tourism between January and October of this year, with the figure surpassing pre-pandemic numbers from 2019 and hitting record-high markers this year, the Georgian national tourism administration announced on Thursday.
The administration said revenues from international tourism had increased by 183.2 percent year-on-year in the first 10 months.
It also added the figures showed a 100.2 percent recovery from the same period of the pre-pandemic year.
In October alone, the revenue reached $337,345,577, a 126.4 percent recovery from the same month of 2019 and an increase of 137.1 percent year-on-year.
Georgia's income from international tourist visits reached $375,615,194 in September, with the figure being 132.1 percent higher compared to the same period of last year, the Georgian national tourism administration said on Thursday.
Levan Davitashvili, the Georgian minister for economy, on Monday said the government was expecting about three billion dollars in income from the domestic tourism sector this year, which would mark a number close to the pre-pandemic figure of $3.2 billion.
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.
Georgia expects 10.5 million international visitors in 2024 and $6 billion in earnings from the tourism sector in 2024, said Head of the Georgian Tourism Administration Mariam Kvrivishvili.
Georgian finance minister Lasha Khutsishvili on Thursday said the “total effect” of migration to the country caused by the Russia-Ukraine war was “negative”.
After the coronavirus pandemic, Georgia was able to recover its tourism income by 100 percent and as a result, a $3 billion surpass in the sector is expected, which will have a “direct” impact on job creation and improvement of the well-being of citizens, the Georgian deputy economy minister Mariam Kvrivishvili said on Thursday in her address at the 117th session of the executive council of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation.
Passenger flow at Tbilisi International Airport recovered by 108 percent in November 2022 compared to pre-pandemic 2019 figures, TAV Georgia, the company operating two major airports in the country, said on Monday.
Georgia’s revenues from tourism reached $3.2 billion between January-November, a 103.5 percent recovery from the same period of the pre-pandemic 2019 and a 182.4 percent increase over the same period of 2021, the National Tourism Administration said on Friday.
Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili on Tuesday said one of the Chinese “leading airlines”, China Southern Airlines, would resume its regular direct flights to Georgia, highlighting China as “one of the priority” destinations for the Georgian tourism sector.
Passenger traffic for airlines operating in Georgia recovered in 2022 by 85 percent compared to pandemic levels, while the number of flights were restored to 88 percent of pre-Covid figures, the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency announced on Monday.
Georgia’s tourism potential is promoted by officials and companies from the country at the ongoing Fitur 2023 international tourism trade fair in Spain, an event bringing together thousands of companies from over 130 countries.
Zurab Pololikashvili, the Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organisation, on Thursday said Georgia's gastronomy, innovation and promotion strategies were helping make it “shine” across the world.