Georgia hosts 5.6 mln international travellers between January-September
The country also received 1,725,093 international tourist visits between July-September, a 92.6 percent recovery from 2019 numbers and a 15.4 percent increase compared to the last year. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Georgia hosted 5,566,980 international travellers between January and September, marking a 76.9 percent recovery to the pre-pandemic figures of 2019 and a 43 percent increase in figures compared to last year, the Georgian National Tourism Administration announced on Monday.
The body said the number of foreign tourist visits amounted to 3,655,576 in nine months, showing a 91.6 percent recovery from the pre-pandemic level and marking a 35.2 percent increase year-on-year.
It also said 2,706,863 foreign visitors had arrived as of the third quarter of 2023, exceeding the pre-pandemic figures by 80.2 percent and a 2022 numbers by 19.4 percent.
The country also received 1,725,093 international tourist visits between July-September, a 92.6 percent recovery from 2019 numbers and a 15.4 percent increase compared to the last year.
In his comments, Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili highlighted the increase in the tourism sector by saying the number of passengers served by Georgian airports between January and September marked a 91 percent increase over 2019.
He credited the “targeted, well-coordinated policy” with the tourism business with the “positive trends” and added the tourism body had “more ambitious” plans in the coming years.
Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili on Thursday said passenger flows in Georgian airports between January and September had exceeded pre-pandemic levels by nine percent, and credited “correct and consistent policy” of the Government with the recovery.
Western Georgia's Kutaisi International Airport on Sunday welcomed its millionth passenger for the first time in one year, with Deputy Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili greeting the passenger with various gifts, who arrived in Kutaisi Airport from the German city Frankfurt by Hungarian budget airline Wizz Air.
Future cooperation and the current situation in the Georgian airline market were discussed in a meeting between Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili and Robert Carey, the President of the Hungarian budget airline Wizz Air, the Economy Ministry said on Friday.
Georgian airports served more than 1.4 million passengers in the second quarter of 2023, which is an increase by 41.1 percent compared to the same period of last year, data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia shows.
TAV Georgia, the company operating Tbilisi and Batumi airports in the country, on Monday announced "large-scale" infrastructural works planned for the former facility in the Georgian capital.
Western Georgia’s Kutaisi International Airport served 1,380,548 passengers between January-October, posting a 107 percent year-on-year increase, the United Airports of Georgia said on Friday in its update on “record” figures.
Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili on Monday said “positive dynamics” observed in the domestic tourism sector this year were “very important”, leading to the industry generating a "record amount" of $3.3 billion in income in nine months.
Self-check-in kiosks have been installed at Tbilisi International Airport in the Georgian capital city to allow passengers to choose their seats, check in and print their boarding passes hours before departure, TAV Georgia, the company managing two of the largest airports in the country, said on Monday.
A total of 819,900 Georgian resident travellers took trips outside the country in the third quarter of 2023, with most of the visits made to Turkey (279,500) and Armenia (107,600), the latest data from the National Statistics Office shows.
The United Airports of Georgia on Wednesday launched the competition for concept design and planning of a new terminal for the airport of the city of Telavi in Georgia’s eastern Kakheti region.
Irakli Karkashadze, the Director of the United Airports of Georgia, on Thursday congratulated employees of the Georgian airline industry on the “historic” 100th anniversary of establishment, coincided with International Civil Aviation Day celebrations.
The number of arrivals of international travellers to Georgia equalled 1.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2023, of which the number of visits by international visitors made up 1.3 million, the latest inbound tourism statistics published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia on Tuesday said.