In 1Q 2024 the number of Georgian resident travellers’ trips abroad equaled 642.8 thousand, which was 9.7% higher compared to the same period of the previous year. Most of the trips, 46.1% were made by travellers of age group 31-50, - according to the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
The number of outbound visits by Georgian visitors from above-mentioned figure amounted to 521.6 thousand, 16.3% higher compared to the same period of 2023. Outbound visitors made 328.6 thousand tourist-type visits, which is 28.6 percent higher compared to the same period of the previous year.
The majority of outbound visits, 48.4%, were made by the visitors of age group 31-50. The number of visits made by women equaled 45.5% of the total number of visits.
In 1Q2024 the purpose of the majority of outbound visits (34.6%) was visiting friends/relatives.
The majority of outbound visits were made in Turkey and Russian Federation, 204.8 thousand and 90.0 thousand respectively. The chart below illustrates the distribution of outbound visits by the visited countries.
In the I quarter of 2024 the average number of nights spent during the visits equaled 6.4 nights, which is 5.3 percent higher than the same figure of the I quarter of 2023 (6.1 nights). 97.9 percent of outbound visits was repeating visit.
