BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec. 17
By Maryana Akhmedova – Trend:
The number of tourists (excluding non-tourist trips) traveling to Georgia through Tbilisi International Airport from January through November 2021 amounted to 507,791 people, which is an increase of 155.1 percent, compared to 199,093 visitors in the same period of 2020, Trend reports via Georgian National Tourism Administration.
However, the same figure decreased by 60.5 percent, compared to 1.2 million tourists traveling to Georgia through Tbilisi Airport over the reporting period of 2019.
The share of Tbilisi Airport by the tourist inflow to Georgia from January through November 2021 accounted for 32.5 percent.
Batumi International Airport received 212,363 tourists over the reporting period of 2021, which is an increase of 969.4 percent, compared to 19,858 visitors in the first 11 months of 2020.
The same index decreased by 14.4 percent, compared to 248,015 tourists coming to Georgia through Batumi Airport over the same period of 2019.
Batumi Airport accounted for 13.6 percent of the total tourist inflow to Georgia over the reporting period of 2021.
The number of tourists traveling to Georgia through Kutaisi International Airport from January through November 2021 totaled 80,191 people – an increase of 71.8 percent, compared to 46,679 visitors over the same period of 2020.
Tourist inflow through Kutaisi Airport in the reporting period of 2021 decreased by 60.5 percent, compared to the first 11 months of 2019, when 202,803 people visited Georgia.
The share of Kutaisi Airport in the total tourist inflow to Georgia from January through October 2021 accounted for 5.1 percent.
Meanwhile, the total number of international visitors to Georgia from January through November 2021 amounted to 1.66 million visitors, which is a decrease of 1.6 percent, compared to 1.69 million over the same period of 2020.
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