BAKU, Azerbaijan, Jan. 12
By Tamilla Mammadova – Trend:
Georgian tourism sector lost $2.5 billion in 2020, Trend reports via Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA).
Georgia’s revenue from international tourism is 82 percent down in 11M2020, amounting to $527 million. International visitors, who came before the announced lockdown, accounted for the major share of the sum ($427 million). Georgia received merely $100 million from tourism after the suspension of flights.
According to GNTA, number of international visits was 81 percent or 7.60 million down y-o-y and came out to 1.74 million.
Top 10 countries from where most international visits were carried out to Georgia in 2020:
1 Turkey - 335 949 visitors, decrease -71 percent year-on-year;
2 Azerbaijan - 295 175 visitors, decrease - 80.7 percent year-on-year;
3 Armenia - 261 295 visitors, decrease - 80.9 percent year-on-year;
4 Russia - 209,169 visitors, decrease -85.8 percent year-on-year;
5 Georgia (non-resident) - 140,848 visitors, decrease -71.2 percent year-on-year;
6 Ukraine - 42,428 visitors, decrease - 79.6 percent year-on-year;
7 Israel - 25,791 visitors, decrease - 87.4 percent year-on-year;
8 Iran - 17,053 visitors, decrease - 88 percent year-on-year
9 Uzbekistan - 14,470 visitors, decrease - 13.8 percent year-on-year;
10 Belarus - 14,340 visitors, decrease - 78.3 percent year-on-year;
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