The expenditures of Georgia's outbound travelers 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, the National Statistics Office of Georgia said Thursday.
Distribution of the expenditure spent by outbound visitors by expenditure categories in second quarter 2023 was as follows: shopping - 43.5%; foods and drinks - 27.8%, accommodation - 13.9%, local transport - 8.1%, holiday, leisure, recreation, cultural and sporting activities - 4.1% and other expenditure - 2.7%.
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), GeoStat said.
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 majority of outbound visits were made in Turkey and Russian Federation, 236.7 thousand
and 79.9 thousand accordingly. The chart below illustrates the distribution of outbound visits by the visited countries.
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.
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.
