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Georgia shares data on domestic tourism in 2Q2021

Tourism Materials 13 September 2021 15:08 (UTC +04:00)
Georgia shares data on domestic tourism in 2Q2021

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept. 13

By Tamilla Mammadova – Trend:

The monthly average number of Georgian resident visitors aged 15 years or more equal to 1.23 million in the second quarter of 2021, who made 1.41 million visits on the territory of Georgia, Trend reports via Georgia’s National Statistic Office (Geostat).

The number of visitors has increased twice in comparison to the corresponding data for the second quarter of the previous year.

In the second quarter of 2021, the monthly average number of tourist visits of Georgian residents amounted to 654,500, which is 112.3 percent higher than the indicator of the relevant period of the previous year.

In the reporting period, 38.3 percent of visits were carried out by visitors of the 31-50 age group. Herewith, 53.6 percent of visits come from women.

According to the Geostat, 44.1 percent of visitors are the residents of Tbilisi, 11.6 percent - Imereti, Racha-Lechkhumi, and Kvemo Svaneti region, 11.2 percent - Kvemo Kartli region, while the rest of the regions are represented by the lower share in the structure.

In the second quarter of 2021, the main purpose of the majority of visits (47 percent) was visiting friends/ relatives. The majority of the visits come from Tbilisi (average 316,200 visits per month) and the Imereti region (253,900 visits per month).

In the second quarter of 2021, the monthly average expenditure during the visits equaled 203.4 million lari ($65.5 million). This indicator is 128.1 percent higher than the indicator of the relevant period of the previous year. As for the average expenditure per visit, it has been increased by 8.9 percent and equaled to 143.7 lari ($46.30).

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