Georgia hosted 2,697,624 tourists (+8%) and 4,961,918 international travellers (+7.8%) in January-July 2019, announces the Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA).
Most visitors came from:
Russia (+22.1%)
Azerbaijan (+5.6%)
Armenia (+2.9%)
Turkey (-0.3%)
The countries with the most significant increase were:
Tajikistan (+242.3%)
Uzbekistan (+155.5%)
Kyrgyzstan (+102.3%)
China (+52.8%)
Saudi Arabia (+52.6%)
Kazakhstan (+54%)
A positive trend was maintained by visitors from the European Union:
Germany (+40.7%)
Latvia (+31.6%)
Poland (+26.9%)
The United Kingdom (+24.6%)
France (+25.5%)
Head of the GNTA Mariam Kvrivishvili said that last month the number of Russian visitors decreased by 6.4 per cent and Russian tourists – by 14 per cent.
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Overall, in July Georgia hosted 1,099,474 international visitors (+5.8%) and 570,482 tourists (+1%).
In July the most visitors came from Azerbaijan (+13.1%), Russia (-6.4%), Turkey (+9.6%) and Armenia (+3.2%).
Source - Agenda.ge
