About 1.17 million Georgian citizens aged 15 and above made 1.45 million monthly visits within the country in the first quarter of 2023, spending GEL 244.7 million, - according to the preliminary data from the National Statistics Office (Geostat).
As of the document, the monthly average number of visitors decreased by 5.2% compared to the same period of the previous year, while the monthly average expenditures increased by 16.5% year-on-year.
The majority of the visitors (33%) were residents of capital Tbilisi, followed by the western Imereti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti regions (17.2 percent) and the central-eastern Kvemo Kartli region (10.2 percent). The remaining regions were represented by a lower share in the structure, the Office said.
The majority of the visits came on Tbilisi (average 372,000 visits per month) and Imereti region (293,200 visits per month).
People aged 31-50 were among the most avid domestic travellers (36.5 percent), while 53.4 percent of the visits were made by women, the body also said. The average expenditure per visit increased by 10.4% and equaled GEL 168.
