Geostat: In III quarter of 2022, the largest number of visitors (443.6 thousand visitors) was from the Russian Federation, which amounts to 27.7% of total number of visitors

National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) releases inbound tourism statistics.

According to the National Statistics Office of Georgia, in III quarter of 2022, the largest number of visitors (443.6 thousand visitors) was from the Russian Federation, which amounts to 27.7% of total number of visitors.

"In the III quarter of 2022, the number of arrivals of international non-resident travellers in the territory of Georgia equaled 2.3 million, which is 2.8 times higher compared to the data from the same period of previous year. Most of the incomes, 42.9 percent, were made by travellers of 31-50 age groups.

The number of visits by international visitors from above-mentioned number made up 1.9 million, which is 2.6 times higher compared to the data from the same period of 2021.

In the III quarter of 2022 the number of international visitors equaled to 1.6 million that is 2.5 times higher compared to the data from the same period of previous year. In the reporting period, international visitors have made 1.5 million tourist-type visits, which is 2.2 times higher compared to the data from the same period of previous year.

78.7 percent of international visitors were only tourists4. The share of excursionists amounted to 17.3 percent, while 4.0 percent of visitors were both tourists and same-day visitors.

In III quarter of 2022 the largest number of visitors (443.6 thousand visitors) was from Russian Federation, which amounts to 27.7 percent of total number of visitors. On second place is Armenia with 15.3% share and on third place – Turkey with 13.7% share. Correspondingly, the largest number of visits were made by the citizens of Russian Federation (533.2 thousand), Armenia (326.0 thousand) and Turkey (281.3 thousand).

The majority of visitors (47.3 percent) belonged to the age group of 31-50 years. The number of women equaled to 44.9 percent of the total number of visitors.

In III quarter of 2022, the purpose of the majority of visits (60.3 percent) was holiday, leisure and recreation.

The majority of visits comes on Tbilisi and Adjara A/R, 1 021.9 thousands and 1 005.7 thousands accordingly.

In III quarter of 2022 the average number of nights spent during the visits equaled to 6.8 nights. 65.0 percent of visits was repeating visit. The chart below shows the distribution of visits by the level of satisfaction in III quarter of 2022.

The expenditures during the visits made in III quarter of 2022 equaled to 4.6 billion GEL. Average expenditure on the visit equals 2 411.4 GEL," Geostat report reads.