Tourist Visits to Georgia Reach Historic High in January-November 2019

In January-November 2019, visits of international travelers coming to Georgia reached a historic high of 8,690,352, which is 7.2% more compared to the same period of last year, reports the Georgian National Tourism Administration.

Top countries most international visits were carried out from in the first 11 months of 2019:

• Russia – 1,406,255 (4.9% increase)
• Azerbaijan – 1,404,028 (7% increase)
• Armenia – 1,230,834 (5.9% increase)
• Turkey – 1,075,812 (4.3% increase)

Top countries most international visits were carried out from in November 2019:

• Armenia - 116,712 visits (+18.1%)
• Azerbaijan - 114,657 visits (+8.15%)
• Russia - 82,029 visits (+10.9%)
• Turkey - 81,736 visits (+25.3%)

International visitors in November came mostly from Kazakhstan (169.3%), Kyrgyzstan (134.8%), China (52.6%), Saudi Arabia (46%), and Israel (36.3%).

An increase of international visitors from EU countries was seen from Italy (84.8%), Poland (80.4%), France (35.5%), German (35.4%) and Latvia (26.6%).

By Ana Dumbadze