Georgia’s international tourism revenue up 102% between January-March
Georgia’s revenue from tourism exceeded $795 million in the first quarter of 2023, marking a 102 percent increase year-on-year. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Georgia’s revenue from tourism exceeded $795 million in the first quarter of 2023, marking a 102 percent increase year-on-year and a 37.5 percent increase compared to the same period of pre-pandemic 2019, the Georgian National Tourism Administration said on Friday.
Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili said visitors from European and Gulf countries had made a “special contribution” to the increase in income from tourism.
Figures showed the revenue increased by 64.7 percent from visitors travelling from European Union countries, by 136.1 percent for those visiting from Turkey, and by 73.2 percent for travellers from Israel.
Marketing campaigns carried out by the Government of Georgia on international markets have quite a successful effect on the development of the tourism industry of our country and the growth of incomes”, Kvrivishvili also said.
In comments on the statistics, Maia Omiadze, the Head of the GNTA, said revenue from international tourism had risen to “record levels” in over the three months.
The National Tourism Administration is constantly implementing marketing campaigns in strategic markets, which brings a lot of tourists to our country, which, in turn, is reflected in the increase of the revenue”, Omiadze said.
In other figures, 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.
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.
The largest number of visitors Georgia hosted last year came from Russia, followed by Turkey and Armenia, the latest inbound tourism statistics published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia on Tuesday show.
Galt & Taggart, a Georgian-based company for investment banking and management services, has forecast the country’s tourism revenues to increase by 15 percent year-on-year and reach $4 billion in 2023, in its Tourism Market Watch update released on Wednesday.
Twelve tour operators from Poland are visiting Georgia to discuss cooperation and joint tour planning with Georgian counterparts, the Georgian National Tourism Administration announced on Friday.
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.
A group of journalists, bloggers and photographers from Forbes, Vogue, Elle, WWD, -D Magazine, Fashion Network Global and other influential international editions are visiting Georgia to explore the country’s tourism potential, the Georgian Tourism Administration announced on Friday.
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 Statistics Office said on Monday.
The Georgian Government will on Monday submit a 164-page annual report on its work to the country’s legislative body, with Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili scheduled to present it to the Parliament on June 30, Parliamentary officials confirmed earlier today.
Galt & Taggart, a Georgian-based company for investment banking and management services, has forecast the country’s annual tourism revenues to reach the range of $4 billion, the company’s economist Lasha Kavtaradze said on Saturday.
Georgia’s three international airports served 2,485,263 passengers between January-June, marking a 45 percent year-on-year increase, the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency said on Wednesday.
Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili on Wednesday told the Parliament that the revenues from tourism in Georgia were growing at a “record pace” and highlighted the dynamics of tourism recovery after the pandemic.