Georgia hosts 165,626 international travellers in February
Overall, 137,148 international tourists visited Georgia in the reporting period, a 55.4 percent recovery compared to 2019 and an increase of 282 percent compared to 2021. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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A total of 165,626 international travellers visited Georgia in February 2022, marking a 35.3 percent recovery from the pre-pandemic 2019 figures and an increase of 297 percent compared to 2021, the Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA) announced on Friday.
GNTA also said in the reporting period international travel revenue in Georgia had reached $105,218,484 million, noting 62.2 percent of revenue had been recovered since the economic slowdown resulting from pandemic-related restrictions. The new trends marked an increase of $91,568,460 (670.8 percent) compared to the same period of last year.
Overall, 137,148 international tourists visited Georgia in the reporting period, a 55.4 percent recovery compared to 2019 and an increase of 282 percent compared to 2021.
In February 2022, a total of 151,870 foreign visits were made to Georgia, of which the highest number were reported from the following countries:
- Turkey - 29,606 visits
- Russia - 20,876 visits
- Armenia - 17,366 visits
- Georgia (non-resident) - 15,856 visits
- Israel - 8,779 visits
- Ukraine - 8,601 visits
- Azerbaijan - 7,562 visits
- Kazakhstan - 4,121 visits
- Belarus - 3,446 visits
- Iran - 3,272 visits
In 2021, a total of 1,881,271 international travellers visited the country, which was an increase of 7.7 percent compared to 2020, while international tourist revenue in the country reached $1,244,941,717 billion.
A total of 1,881,271 international travellers visited Georgia in 2021, an increase of 7.7% compared to 2020, the Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA) reports.
The estimated real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Georgia increased by 18 percent in January 2022 year-on-year, the latest data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) shows.
Revenue from international travellers totalled $114 million in January 2022 in Georgia, an increase of about $104 million compared to January 2021 and a reduction of $79 million in comparison to January 2020, the Georgian National Tourism Administration revealed on Tuesday.
A total of 695,000 international visits have been carried out to Georgia in January-July 2021 which is a 45.5% decrease compared to the same period of last year, and 83% decrease compared to January-July 2019, announces the Georgian National Tourism Administration.
About 1.2 million Georgian citizens aged 15 and above made 1.4 million monthly visits within the country in 2021 with a total expenditures amounting to 226 million GEL ($70 mln/€63.7 mln), the latest data published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) show.
The Georgian Government has decided to write off the property taxes from the country’s tourism sector businesses, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili revealed on Monday.
Revenue from international travellers amounted to $394 million in January-March 2022 in Georgia, an increase of about $340 million compared to the previous year and a 68.1 percent recovery compared to 2019, the Georgian National Tourism Administration revealed on Monday.