Tourism Administration: international traveller arrivals up 109.6% in Q1

The number of arrivals of international travellers in Georgia equalled 1,208,462 in the first quarter of 2023, marking a 109.6 percent increase year-on-year, the Georgian National Tourism Administration said on Thursday.

In the reporting period, 845,332 tourist-type visits were made in Georgia, which is 83.8 percent more compared to the same quarter of 2022.

Head of the GNTA Maia Omiadze said the dynamics of tourism recovery in the first quarter were “quite impressive”. 

It should be noted that as a result of the planned correct strategy and the marketing campaigns that the National Tourism Administration is actively implementing in the target markets for Georgia, the number of tourists is constantly increasing”, Omiadze said.

The number of international traveller visits has recovered by 74.7 percent from the pre-pandemic figures, while the number of tourist-type visits have been restored by 95.8 percent, the GNTA also said.