In the II quarter of 2023 the number of Georgian resident travellers’ trips abroad equaled 697.8 thousand, which is 35.4 percent higher compared to the data from the same period of previous year. Most of the trips, 47.2 percent, were made by travellers of 31-50 age group, the National Statistics Office of Georgia said Thursday.
The number of outbound visits by Georgian visitors from above-mentioned number made up 543.6 thousand, which is 33.9 percent higher compared to the data from the same period of 2022.
Outbound visitors have made 331.7 thousand tourist-type visits, which is 50.1 percent higher compared to the data from the same period of previous year.
The majority of outbound visits, 49.7 percent, were made by the visitors of age group of 31-50 years. The number of visits made by women equaled to 46.4 percent of the total number of visits.
In II quarter of 2023 the purpose of the majority of outbound visits (33.3 percent) was visiting friends/relatives.
The majority of outbound visits were made in Turkey and Russian Federation, 236.7 thousand and 79.9 thousand accordingly.
In II quarter of 2023 the average number of nights spent during the visits equaled to 6.0 nights, which is 5.4 percent higher than the figure indicated in II quarter of 2022 (5.7 nights).
97.2 percent of outbound visits was repeating visit. The chart below shows the distribution of outbound visits by the level of satisfaction in II quarter of 2023.
The expenditures during the visits made in II quarter of 2023 equaled to 514.3 million GEL, which is 12.6 percent higher compared to the data from the same period of previous year. Average expenditure on the visit decreased by 15.9 percent compared to II quarter of 2022 and amounted to 946.0 GEL.
