“In January-May 2022, Georgia received $ 841 million from international travelers. The largest revenue was recorded in May, when 319,000 visitors to the country spent $ 258 million,” - the National Bank of Georgia reports.
The National Bank report includes the tourism revenue by countries. In this respect, the Russian Federation ranks 1st, from where long-term migrants entered this year. In total, Russians spent $ 150 million in Georgia this year. Russians are followed by Belarusian visitors (migrants), who spent 94.6 million in Georgia this year.
In total, in 2022, Georgia received 1 million international visitors, whose expenses are distributed by countries as follows:
1) Russia - $ 150.4 million, 156,910 visitors, the average cost per visitor is $ 959;
2) Belarus - $ 94.6 million; 29,671 visitors, the average cost per visitor is $ 3,188;
3) The EU - $ 90.3 million; 72,181 visitors, the average cost per visitor is $ 1,251;
4) Ukraine - $ 82.2 million; 55,630 visitors, the average cost per visitor is $ 1,478;
5) Turkey - $ 80.8 million; 199,945 visitors, the average cost per visitor is $ 404;
6) Israel - $ 79.1 million; 64,022 visitors, the average cost per visitor is $ 1,236;
7) Azerbaijan - $ 30.6 million; 53,331 visitors, the average cost per visitor is $ 574;
8) Armenia - $ 30.0 million; 133,796 visitors, the average cost per visitor is $ 224;
9) Saudi Arabia - $ 24.6 million; 19,391 visitors, the average cost per visitor is 1,269;
10) Iran - $ 22.7 million; 27,775 visitors, the average cost per visitor is $ 817.
Other countries - $ 155.7 million.
In total, in 2022, tourism revenue recovered to 75% of the 2019 figures - pre-pandemic period.
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