Georgia earns $ 841 million from tourism - Russia and Belarus are leaders

16/06/2022

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"In January-May 2022, Georgia received $ 841 million from international travelers,” - the National Bank of Georgia reports. The largest revenue was recorded in May, when 319,000 visitors to the country spent $ 258 million.

The report released by the National Bank of Georgia includes the tourism revenue by countries. In this respect, the Russian Federation ranks 1st. In total, Russian migrants spent $ 150 million in Georgia this year. Russians are followed by Belarusian visitors (migrants), who spent 94.6 million in Georgia this year.

Totally, in 2022, Georgia received 1 million international visitors, whose expenses are distributed by countries as follows:

1) Russia - $ 150.4 million;

2) Belarus - $ 94.6 million;

3) the EU (27 countries) - $ 90.3 million;

4) Ukraine - $ 82.2 million;

5) Turkey - $ 80.8 million;

6) Israel - $ 79.1 million;

7) Azerbaijan - $ 30.6 million;

8) Armenia - $ 30.0 million;

9) Saudi Arabia - $ 24.6 million;

10) Iran - $ 22.7 million.

Other countries - $ 155.7 million.