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Azerbaijan ranks first in number of visitors to Georgia

Tourism Materials 10 January 2020 19:56 (UTC +04:00)
Azerbaijan ranks first in number of visitors to Georgia

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Jan. 10

By Tamilla Mammadova – Trend:

Azerbaijan ranked first in the number of international visitors (non-residents aged 15 years and older who visited Georgia from their area of ​​residence) who visited Georgia, Trend reports citing Georgian National Tourism Administration.

As reported, in 2019 the growth in the number of visitors from Azerbaijan amounted to 7.2 percent year-on-year. Azerbaijan is followed by Russia (an increase of 4.8 percent) and Turkey (an increase of 5.3 percent).

In 2019, visits by international travelers (who have been in the country for more than six months, not for tourism, but for the purposes of education, employment, family reunion, etc.) to Georgia reached 9.357 million.

According to the administration, in 2019, the number of international travelers to Georgia increased by 7.8 percent compared to 2018.

The number of visits of tourists (the visitor who spent at least one night in Georgia) amounted to 5.080 million, which is 323,658 more than in 2018 and shows an increase of 6.8 percent.

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