Tourist arrivals up 20.7% y/y in June 2018
Total international visitors to Georgia increased 14.2% y/y to 0.61mn visitors in June 2018, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. A 20.7% y/y growth in tourist arrivals (0.40mn trips, 65.9% of total) drove the international visitors’ growth. Out of top countries by visitors, in June 2018, international visitors continued to increase from Russia (+27.5% y/y), Azerbaijan (+10.0% y/y) and Turkey (+14.7% y/y), while visitors were down from Armenia (-5.5% y/y) and Iran (-5.4% y/y).
