Georgia’s national tourism body planning promotion campaigns in China
The Tourism Administration Head said the Agency would take Georgian tourist companies to China and help establish contacts with local businesses, as well as bring Chinese travel companies to the country and organise joint exchange tours to contribute to increasing tourist flows. Photo: GNTA
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Maia Omiadze, the head of the Georgian National Tourism Administration, said the body was “actively” planning to hold promotional campaigns to increase tourist flows from China after Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday announced visa-free travel to the country for Chinese citizens.
Omiadze said tourists from China were “very desirable” as they happened to be “active travellers known for long holidays, extensive travel and high spending”.
She said talks were underway to add flights from China and increase their frequency, and noted the GNTA would “actively launch” campaigns in China in an effort to promote Georgia and foster business ties.
The Tourism Administration Head said the Agency would take Georgian tourist companies to China and help establish contacts with local businesses, as well as bring Chinese travel companies to the country and organise joint exchange tours to contribute to increasing tourist flows.
The announcement on the visa-free travel to Georgia for Chinese nationals follows the establishment of a strategic partnership between the two states in July.
Georgian Ambassador to China, Archil Kalandia and Georgian guests were surprised at the recording of the TV programme with a Georgian song performed by a Chinese children's choir in Beijing, the Georgian foreign office told Agenda.ge on Saturday.
China Southern Airlines has resumed flights to Tbilisi International Airport in Georgia’s capital following its three-year pause caused by the Covid pandemic.
Levan Davitashvili, the Georgian Economy Minister, on Monday said the Chinese citizens would be able to stay in the country for 30 days without a visa requirement, following Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili’s announcement earlier during the day about the Government’s intention to introduce visa-free travel with the country.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday announced visa-free travel to the country for Chinese citizens, citing attracting visitors and mutual economic investments among “main interests” behind the decision.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili highlighted the strategic partnership between Georgia and China by calling it a “very important” decision that would yield results for both countries.
Georgian and Chinese Governments on Monday shared their “commitment” to expand cooperation in political, economic and cultural fields, strengthen collaboration in international affairs and bilateral relations, and safeguard regional and world peace, stability and development together in a joint statement on establishing a strategic partnership.
Georgia is moving to the “highest level” of relations with China, this is a strategic partnership, and within its framework, the cooperation in education and science is also expanding, Giorgi Amilakhvari, Georgian Minister of Education and Science, said on Sunday.
The Georgian National Tourism Administration is running promotional campaigns of the country’s visitor attractions in five German cities with a bid to increase tourist flows from Germany, the body announced on Wednesday.
China Southern Airlines will launch daily flights from Tbilisi International Airport in Georgia’s capital to Ürümqi, the capital of China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, starting later this month.
Ilia Darchiashvili, the Georgian Foreign Minister, on Friday told the Parliament the Government had acted “in full compliance” with the country’s Constitution when it signed a strategic partnership agreement with China in July without the consent of the Parliament.
Nikoloz Samkharadze, the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Georgian Parliament, on Friday said the more strategic cooperation agreements the country signed with various governments, the better it was positioning itself to protect its "national interests".