Georgia’s international tourism revenue up 182.5% in 2022
Last year, 5,426,903 international travellers visited the country - 188.5 percent more than in 2021 - while the number of international tourists visits reached 3,652,949 (+131.6% y/y). Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Georgia received $3.5 billion from international tourist visits in 2022, a figure that represented a 182.5 percent increase compared to 2021, the National Tourism Administration said on Monday.
The body also said revenue from international tourism had also recovered by 107.6 percent compared to the pre-pandemic 2019.
Last year, 5,426,903 international travellers visited the country - 188.5 percent more than in 2021 - while the number of international tourists visits reached 3,652,949 (+131.6% y/y).
The number of international tourist visits recovered by 71.9 percent in 2022, while the number of international traveller visits rebounded by 58 percent, the GNTA also said.
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.
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.
The Georgian National Tourism Administration on Wednesday presented its end-of-year summary by highlighting its “active” promotion of the country’s tourism potential through participation in tourism fairs and facilitation of promotional campaigns in international media.
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.
Georgia’s tourism potential was promoted at Matka Nordic Travel Fair, the largest industry fair in Northern Europe and the Baltic region, over the weekend with the involvement of the country’s national tourism bodies and travel companies.
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.
Georgia’s tourism potential has been promoted at Balttour 2023, one of the largest trade fair exhibitions in Latvia’s capital city of Riga, with the involvement of the country’s national tourism bodies and 11 companies, the Georgian National Tourism Administration said on Saturday.
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.
Georgia’s National Tourism Administration and a number of companies involved in the industry showcased the country’s potential at BIT Milano, the largest tourism fair in Italy, between Sunday and Tuesday.
About 1.2 million Georgian resident visitors made 1.36 million visits within the country per month in 2022, the latest domestic tourism survey published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia showed on Thursday.
Hungarian bloggers, influencers and photographers have been hosted in cities of Georgia’s west to explore the domestic tourist potential before publishing impressions to their readers and followers, the Georgian National Tourism Administration said on Monday.