Number of foreign visitors travelling to protected areas of Georgia increases by 17%

Despite the problem in the tourism sector, the positive trend of increasing number of visitors has been maintained to the protected areas of the Ministry of Environment and Agriculture of Georgia.

As InterPressNews was told by the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture of Georgia, according to the data for the first 8 months of 2019, the number of visitors to protected areas increased by 8% compared to the same period of the previous year and amounted to 889 321. The areas were visited by an equal number of Georgian and foreign visitors. It should also be noted that the number of foreign visitors increased by 17%.

The income from ecotourism services during the 8 months of 2019 amounted to GEL 7 836 484, which is a 27% increase compared to the same period of the previous year.

According to the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture of Georgia, GEL 20 million has been spent on the development of the protected areas in recent years.