Georgia among Top Destinations on the Rise on TripAdvisor

Summing up the year of 2016, TripAdvisor has named Tbilisi among the top ten destinations on the rise in the world, coming in at 9th place.

Other popular destinations include San Jose Del Cabo Mexico (1st place); Whistler, British Columbia (2nd); Jericoacoara, Brazil (3rd); Kihei, Hawai (4th); followed by Baku, Azerbaijan; El Nido, Phillippines; Eilat, Israel; Las Palmas De Gran Canaria; Tbilisi; and Johdpur India in 10th place.

The Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA) has held a massive marketing campaign on TripAdvisor, reaching ten targeted markets of Azerbaijan, Germany, Italy, Israel, Poland, Ukraine, Turkey, Armenia, Khazakhstan and Russia.

“For six months promotional banners were seen by millions of people in each of the ten aforementioned countries. The marketing campaign helped to promote Georgia and increase tourist flow to the country,” said Giorgi Chogovadze, Head of the GNTA.

One of the internet’s largest and most popular travel sites, TripAdvisor has 340 million unique vistors monthly with 350 million reviews and comments posted and more than 6.5 million hotels, restaurants and destinations listed.

Nino Gugunishvili