Geostat: In the III quarter of 2023, the number of arrivals of international non-resident travellers in the territory of Georgia equaled 2.7 million, which is 19.4 percent higher compared to the data from the same period of previous year

In the III quarter of 2023, the number of arrivals of international non-resident travellers in the territory of Georgia equaled 2.7 million, which is 19.4 percent higher compared to the data from the same period of previous year. Most of the incomes, 42.5 percent, were made by travellers of 31-50 age group, the Georgian Statistics Office reports.

The number of visits by international visitors from above-mentioned number made up 2.3 million, which is 21.0 percent higher compared to the data from the same period of 2022.

In the III quarter of 2023 the number of international visitors equaled to 2.0 million that is 22.5 percent higher compared to the data from the same period of previous year. In the reporting period, international visitors have made 1.7 million tourist-type visits, which is 15.4 percent higher compared to the data from the same period of previous year.

74.5 percent of international visitors were only tourists. The share of excursionists amounted to 21.8 percent, while 3.7 percent of visitors were both tourists and same-day visitors

In III quarter of 2023 the largest number of visitors (478.4 thousand visitors) was from Russian Federation, which amounts to 24.4 percent of total number of visitors. On second place is Turkey with 21.3% share and on third place – Armenia with 12.9% share. Correspondingly, the largest number of visits were made by the citizens of Russian Federation (571.4 thousand), Turkey (498.9 thousand) and Armenia (339.0 thousand).

The majority of visitors (46.5 percent) belonged to the age group of 31-50 years. The number of women equaled to 46.0 percent of the total number of visitors.

In III quarter of 2023, the purpose of the majority of visits (58.9 percent) was holiday, leisure and recreation.

The majority of visits comes on Adjara A/R and Tbilisi, 1 174.7 thousand and 1 081.9 thousand accordingly.

In III quarter of 2023 the average number of nights spent during the visits equaled to 5.8 nights, which is 14.7 percent lower than the figure indicated in III quarter of 2022 (6.8 nights). 67.5 percent of visits was repeating visit.

The expenditures during the visits made in III quarter of 2023 equaled to 4.8 billion GEL, which is 7.3 percent higher compared to the data from the same period of previous year. Average expenditure on the visit decreased by 11.3 percent compared to III quarter of 2022 and amounted to 2 105.8 GEL.