Domestic Tourism Survey 2019: Number of Visitors Increased by 8.6%

In 2019, the monthly average number of Georgian domestic tourists aged 15 years or over equaled 992.9 thousand, who made on average 1.2 million visits per month within the territory of Georgia. In comparison to the previous year, the number of domestic tourists has increased by 8.6%, the latest data published by the National Statistics Center of Georgia (Geostat) shows. 

In 2019, the monthly average number of tourist visits of Georgian residents amounted to 530.7 thousand, which is 10.3% higher than the indicator of the previous year.

36.7% of visits were carried out by domestic tourists of the 31-50 age group, 55.5% of who were women.

The survey results show that 29.9% of domestic tourists are the residents of Tbilisi, 16.8% - Imereti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region, 11.9% – Adjara A/R, while the rest of the regions are represented by a lower share in the structure. 

In 2019, the main purpose of the majority visits (51.0%) was visiting friends/relatives. The majority of the visits happened in Tbilisi (average 286.9 thousand visits per month) and Imereti (208.0 thousand visits per month).

The monthly average expenditure during the visits equaled 153.5 million GEL. This indicator is 6.0% higher than the indicator of the previous year. As for the average expenditure per visit, it decreased YoY by 3.0 GEL and equaled 129.3 GEL.

By Ana Dumbadze