
“In August, the number of international travelers arriving in Georgia by air fully recovered,” - this is stated in the research published by TBC Capital, which refers to tourism indicators for August 2022. As for travelers entering the country by land, the recovery rate here is 61%.
"Kazbegi" [border with Russia] is leading among the customs checkpoints. In August, the share of Georgia's neighboring countries in visitors was 64%. This figure was 72% in 2019. According to the August data, the number of visitors from Turkey returned to the pre-pandemic period. While the indicator of Russia and Armenia exceeded the indicator of 2019. TBC Capital attributes the low number of visitors from Azerbaijan to the closure of the land border. One of the highest recovery rates in August 2022 was from Israel. As for the EU, the recovery rate in August was around 60%.
In total, Russia has the largest share of international visits in August, 29%. Armenia is the following country with 19%, and Turkey ranks 3rd with 14%. Azerbaijan's share is only 2%, while this indicator was 21% in August 2021.
The share of the EU countries and Britain in international visitors in August was 6%, while the share of the Middle Eastern countries was 8%. Georgia received the largest amount of the revenues in August from Russia, Saudi Arabia and EU countries. Compared to August 2019, this year's revenues increased by 27% and amounted to 413 million US dollars. In August, 912,041 visits of international travelers were made, of which the number of tourist visits was 742,247.
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10/07/2025