Local visitor spends GEL 110.5 on average for per visit

The monthly average expenditure during the visits, carried out in Georgia, equaled to GEL 121.7 million in the first quarter of 2019 ,1.1 percent higher compared to the same period of the previous year, the Georgian National Statistics Office (Geostat) said on Friday.

According to Geostat, the average expenditure of per visit has been decreased by GEL 11.9, amounting GEL 110.5.

In the first quarter of 2019, the monthly average number of Georgian resident visitors aged 15 years or more, who made 1.1 million visits on the territory of Georgia, was 918.4 thousand - 11.9 percent less compared to the previous year.

In the first quarter of 2019, the monthly average number of tourist visits of Georgian residents was 470.8 thousand, which is 11.9 percent higher compared to the same period of the previous year.

In the first quarter of 2019, 37.6 percent of visits were carried out by visitors belonging to the age group of 31-50 years.