Increase in the Number of Visitors to Georgia’s Protected Areas

There has been an increased interest in visiting Georgia’s protected areas among visitors and locals in the past nine months. As the data shows, 974,827 people visited the Areas in the first 9 months of 2018, a 14% increase compared to the same period of last year. In September 2018, the amount was equal to 153,783, a 23% increase compared to September 2017.

Among the visitors, 52% were Georgian, while 48% were foreigners. Most tourists visiting the Protected Areas were originally from Germany, Poland, Israel, Ukraine and Russia

The most visited Protected Aeas included the Prometheus Cave, Martvili Canyon, Kazbegi National Park, Okatse Canyon and Tbilisi National Park.

By Anna Zhvania

Source: Commersant

Photo: Netgazeti