Tourist arrivals up 24.9% y/y in April 2018
Total international arrivals to Georgia increased 16.8% y/y to 0.60mn visitors in April 2018, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. A 24.9% y/y growth in tourist arrivals (0.28mn persons, 46.6% of total) drove arrival growth. Out of top countries by arrivals, in April 2018, visitors continued to increase from Azerbaijan (+10.4% y/y), Turkey (+29.2% y/y), Russia (+43.4% y/y) and Iran (+98.5% y/y), while arrivals were down from Armenia (-6.9% y/y). Arrivals from EU were up 17.9% y/y to over 31,000 visitors. Overall, in 4M18 international arrivals were up 15.9% to 2.06mn persons while tourist arrivals were up 27.3% to 0.94mn persons.
