Number of Tourists Visiting Georgia Increases 5. 8% in July 2019

1,099,474 international travelers visited Georgia in July 2019. The increase compared with the same period of the last year is + 5.8 %.

Head of the National Tourism Administration Mariam Kvrivishvili presented the relevant statistics.

According to the data, the number of tourist visits reached 570 482, which is 5 505 more than in July 2018 (growth + 1%).

Most of the international travelers came from Azerbaijan (+ 13.1%), Russia (-6.4%), Turkey (+ 9.6%) and Armenia (+ 3.2%).

A positive trend was maintained by visitors from the European Union, where the growth of international visits to Georgia is as follows: Germany – growth +33.7 percent, France – growth +29.6 percent, Lithuania – growth +20 percent, Latvia – growth +17.4 percent, Poland growth +15.7 percent and others.

In the reporting period, the following countries also saw a significant increase: Kuwait – growth +58.1 percent, China – +55.6 percent, Uzbekistan – +50.9 percent, Saudi Arabia – +42.1 percent, Korea – +38.9 percent, Kazakhstan – +28.5 percent and others.

Head of the GNTA Mariam Kvrivishvili said that last month the number of Russian visitors decreased by 6.4 percent.

By Ana Dumbadze