Number of international arrivals equaled 1.3 million, expenditures during the visits stood at GEL 2.2 billion

In the I quarter of 2024, the number of arrivals of international non-resident travellers1 in the territory of Georgia equaled 1.3 million, which is 7.6 percent higher compared to the same period of the previous year. Most of the arrivals, 48.3 percent, were made by travellers of age group 31-50.

The number of visits by international visitors from above-mentioned figure amounted to 1.2 million, 8.6 percent higher compared to the same period of 2023.

In the I quarter of 2024 the number of international visitors equaled 957.8 thousand, which is 9.7 percent higher compared to the same period of the previous year.

In the reporting period, international visitors made 938.6 thousand tourist-type visits, which is 11.0 percent higher compared to the same period of the previous year. The chart below shows the distribution of visits made by international visitors by the type of visit.

81.5 percent of international visitors were only tourists. The share of excursionists amounted to 14.5 percent, while 4.0 percent of visitors were both tourists and same-day visitors.

In the I quarter of 2024 the largest number of visitors (187.1 thousand visitors) was from Turkey, which amounted to 19.5 percent of the total number of visitors. On the second place is Russian Federation with 19.2% share and on the third place – Armenia with 14.5% share.

Correspondingly, the largest number of visits were made by the citizens of Turkey (254.6 thousand), Russian Federation (215.5 thousand) and Armenia (191.8 thousand).

The majority of visitors (49.7 percent) belonged to the age group of 31-50. The number of women equaled to 35.9 percent of the total number of visitors.

In the I quarter of 2024 the purpose of the majority of inbound visits (44.8 percent) was holiday, leisure and recreation.

The majority of visits comes on Tbilisi and Adjara A/R, 608.1 thousand and 363.0 thousand respectively. 

In the I quarter of 2024 the average number of nights spent during the visits equaled 5.5 nights, which is 8.6 percent lower than the same figure of the I quarter of 2023 (6.0 nights). 81.3 percent of visits was repeating visit. The chart below shows the distribution of visits by the level of satisfaction in the I quarter of 2024.

The expenditures during the visits made in the I quarter of 2024 equaled 2.2 billion GEL. The indicator is 6.9 percent higher compared to the same period of the previous year. Average expenditure on the visit decreased by 1.6 percent compared to the I quarter of 2023 and amounted to 1 869.1 GEL.