BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 14. The number of visitors from Iran traveling to Georgia in March 2022 increased by 740.7 percent, compared to 841 visitors over the same month of 2021, and totaled 7,070 people, Trend reports via Georgian National Tourism Administration.
The same figure also increased 17 times, compared to 402 visitors in March 2020. However, the number of visitors from Iran to Georgia in the reporting period of 2022 decreased by 51.2 percent, compared to 14,481 visitors over the same period of 2019 (before the COVID-19 pandemic).
Thus, Iran ranks 7 among TOP-10 main countries of origin for visitors arriving in Georgia in March 2022, the report said. Meanwhile, Turkey ranked first on the list with 42,421 visitors, followed by Russia (22,536), and Armenia (21,990).
Meanwhile, the total number of international visitors to Georgia in March 2022 amounted to 211,484 visitors, which is an increase of 266.3 percent, compared to 57,728 over the same period of 2021.
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