Total international visitors to Georgia increased 9.0% y/y to 0.54mn visitors in May 2018, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. A 16.1% y/y growth in tourist arrivals (0.36mn trips, 66.4% of total) drove the international visitors’ growth. Out of top countries by visitors, in May 2018, international visitors continued to increase from Russia (+24.5% y/y), Azerbaijan (+7.4% y/y), and Iran (+46.1% y/y), while visitors were down from Armenia (-8.9% y/y) and Turkey (-2.4% y/y).