Head of the Georgian National Tourist Board said that nearly six million foreign tourists visited Georgia in the past eight months, up 12.2 percent from the same period in 2017.
The
number of foreign tourists who stayed in Georgia for more than three
days was more than 3 million and 200 thousand people, up 19.3 percent
year-on-year in 2017, according to Georgian news agency Georgian News
Agency. had .
He
added that in August 2018 more than one million foreign tourists
traveled to Georgia, which is 10% more than in the same period last
year.
According
to the head of the Georgian National Tourism Administration, in the
first three months of 2018, foreign tourism earned $ 551 million, up
29.4% from 2017.
The share of tourism in Georgia’s GDP in the first quarter of this year was 6.8%.
The
National Tourist Board has estimated that a total of 8.5 million
foreign tourists will arrive in Georgia this year and will earn $ 3
billion in revenue.
The
agency, the number of foreign tourists that traveled to the country in
2017, was seven million and 555 thousand people, with revenue of $ 2.7
billion.
Georgia
with an area of 69.7 thousand square kilometers and a population of
three million and 718 thousand is one of the three countries of the
South Caucasus region.
Natural
attractions, forests and lush mountainous areas, and the inclusion of a
part of this country on the Black Sea coast, has provided good
conditions for tourism development.
Georgia
has no natural reserves and its government is paying special attention
to the development of tourism to attract foreign tourists. In recent
years, the government has had positive results in delivering tourism
services of high quality and affordable prices.