As of November 2019, 670,122 international travelers visited Georgia, the figure is up by + 12% comparing to the same period of the last year.
According to the report released by the National Tourism Administration, the number of international visits made up 543,176, which is + 11.9% more comparing to 2018, while the number of tourist visits was 338,831, which is + 10.3% more comparing to 2018.
As of January-November 2019, the number of visits carried out by international travelers to Georgia has achieved the historic benchmark - 8,690,352, the increase is 7.2% comparing to the same period of the last year.
During the same period, the number of international visits was 7,191,042 (increase + 6.6%), while the number of tourist visits was 4,768,432 (increase + 6.3%).
As for the visits directly from Russia, 82,029 international visits were made to Georgia in November 2019 after Putin's ban. The rate is 10.9% lower comparing to the same period of 2018. Including, the number of tourist visits has totaled to 53,599, which is 24% lower comparing to 2018.
As of 11 months of 2019, the number of visitors from Russia during this period amounted to 1,406,255, which is + 4.9% more than in 2018. Including, the number of tourist visits amounted to 1,038,132, which is + 0.1% more comparing to 2018.
Detailed statistics of November is as follows:
The EU states: Italy +84.8%, Poland +80.4%, France +35.3%, Germany +35.4%, Latvia +26.6% and etc.
Significant growth is fixed from the following countries: Kazakhstan +169.3%, Kirgizstan +134.8%, China +52.6%, Saudi Arabia +46%, Israel +36.3% and etc.
Most of the international visits were made from Armenia (+18.1%), Azerbaijan (+8.1%), Russia (-10.9%) and Turkey (+25.3%).
