Georgia received GEL 3.4 billion or US$ 1.3 billion at the current exchange rate, from international travelers during Q2 of the current year. The figure is 49% higher compared to the same period of previous year. In a meantime, average expenditure on the visit decreased by 6.1 percent compared to II quarter of 2022 and amounted to 2 292.0 GEL or $ 780, according to the National Statistics Office of Georgia (GeoStat).
In the II quarter of 2023, the number of arrivals of international non-resident travellers in the territory of Georgia equaled 1.7 million, which is 57.4 percent higher compared to the data from the same period of previous year. Most of the incomes, 46.4 percent, were made by travellers of 31-50 age group.
The number of visits by international visitors from above-mentioned number made up 1.5 million, which is 58.7 percent higher compared to the data from the same period of 2022.
In the II quarter of 2023 the number of international visitors equaled to 1.2 million that is 58.1 percent higher compared to the data from the same period of previous year.
In the reporting period, international visitors have made 1.1 million tourist-type visits, which is 44.8 percent higher compared to the data from the same period of previous year.
73.5 percent of international visitors were only tourists. The share of excursionists amounted to 22.6 percent, while 3.9 percent of visitors were both tourists and same-day visitors.
In II quarter of 2023 the largest number of visitors (290.8 thousand visitors) was from Turkey, which amounts to 24.0 percent of total number of visitors. On second place is Russian Federation with 22.1% share and on third place – Armenia with 12.4% share.
Correspondingly, the largest number of visits were made by the citizens of Turkey (366.1 thousand), Russian Federation (320.8 thousand) and Armenia (214.6 thousand).
The majority of visitors (47.8 percent) belonged to the age group of 31-50 years. The number
of women equaled to 38.7 percent of the total number of visitors.
In II quarter of 2023, the purpose of the majority of visits (51.5 percent) was holiday, leisure and recreation.
The majority of visits comes on Tbilisi and Adjara A/R, 709.3 thousand and 661.8 thousand accordingly. The chart below illustrates the distribution of visits by the visited regions.
In II quarter of 2023 the average number of nights spent during the visits equaled to 4.8 nights, which is 22.3 percent lower than the figure indicated in II quarter of 2022 (6.2 nights). 73.9 percent of visits was repeating visit. The chart below shows the distribution of visits by the level of satisfaction in II quarter of 2023.
The expenditures during the visits made in II quarter of 2023 equaled to 3.4 billion GEL ($1.3 billion), which is 49.1 percent higher compared to the data from the same period of previous year. Average expenditure on the visit decreased by 6.1 percent compared to II quarter of 2022 and amounted to 2 292.0 GEL ($780), GeoStat says on Monday.
