Georgian Tourism Sector lost 2.5 billion USD in 2020. Georgia’s revenue from international tourism is 82% down in 11M, 2020 amounting to 527 million USD. International visitors, who came before the announced lockdown, spent major share of the sum (427 million USD). Georgia received merely 100 million USD from tourism after the suspension of flights.
According to GNTA, number of international visits was 81% or 7,608,656 down y-o-y and came out to 1,749,308.
Top 15 Countries from where most international visits were carried out to Georgia in 2020:
1 Turkey - 335 949 visitors, decrease -71,0% y-o-y;
2 Azerbaijan - 295 175 visitors, decrease - 80.7% y-o-y;
3 Armenia - 261 295 visitors, decrease - 80.9% y-o-y;
4 Russia - 209,169 visitors, decrease -85.8% y-o-y;
5 Georgia (non-resident) - 140 848 visitors, decrease -71.2% y-o-y;
6 Ukraine - 42,428 visitors, decrease - 79.6% y-o-y;
7 Israel - 25 791 visitors, decrease - 87.4% y-o-y;
8 Iran - 17 053 visitors, decrease - 88.0% y-o-y;
9 Uzbekistan - 14 470 visitors, decrease - 13.8% y-o-y;
10 Belarus - 14,340 visitors, decrease - 78.3% y-o-y;
11 Kazakhstan - 13 779 visitors, decrease - 86.7% y-o-y;
12 Poland - 10,690 visitors, decrease - 87.9% y-o-y;
13 Germany - 9,338 visitors, decrease - 89.5% y-o-y;
14 India - 8,364 visitors, decrease - 84.7% y-o-y;
15 The US - 7,400 visitors, decrease - 84.1% y-o-y.
