According to the Georgian Statistics Office, in the II quarter of 2026 the number of Georgian resident travelers’ trips abroad equaled 740.9 thousand, which is 3.6 percent higher compared to the same period of the previous year. Most of the trips, 44.0 percent, were made by travelers of age group 31-50. The number of outbound visits by Georgian visitors from above-mentioned figure amounted to 571.9 thousand, 1.4 percent higher compared to the same period of 2025.

Outbound visitors made 388.7 thousand tourist-type visits, which is 0.8 percent higher compared to the same period of the previous year. The chart below shows the distribution of visits made by outbound visitors by the type of visit4 .

The majority of outbound visits (47.4 percent) were made by the visitors of age group 31-50, and women accounted for 46.3 percent of the total number of visits.

In the II quarter of 2026 the purpose of the majority of outbound visits (34.9 percent) was visiting friends/relatives.

The majority of outbound visits were made in Turkey and Armenia, 201.1 thousand and 112.9 thousand, respectively. The chart below illustrates the distribution of outbound visits by the visited countries.

In the II quarter of 2026 the average number of nights spent during the visits equaled 6.36, which is 0.6 percent lower than the same figure of the II quarter of 2025 (6.40 nights). 98.3 percent of outbound visits was repeating visit.

The expenditures during the visits made in the II quarter of 2026 equaled 685.6 million GEL. This indicator is 17.6 percent higher compared to the same period of the previous year. Average expenditure per visit increased by 16.1 percent compared to the II quarter of 2025 and amounted to 1 198.7 GEL.