In the I quarter of 2024, the number of arrivals of international non-resident travellers in the territory of Georgia equaled 1.3 million, which is 7.6% higher compared to the same period of the previous year. Most of the arrivals, 48.3 percent, were made by travellers of age group 31-50.
The number of visits by international visitors from above-mentioned figure amounted to 1.2 million, 8.6% higher compared to the same period of 2023.
In the I quarter of 2024 the number of international visitors equaled 957.8 thousand, which is 9.7% higher compared to the same period of the previous year. In the reporting period, international visitors made 938.6 thousand tourist-type visits, which is 11.0% higher compared to the same period of the previous year. The chart below shows the distribution of visits made by international visitors by the type of visit.
81.5% of international visitors were only tourists. The share of excursionists amounted to 14.5%, while 4.0% of visitors were both tourists and same-day visitors.
In the I quarter of 2024 the largest number of visitors (187.1 thousand visitors) was from Turkey, which amounted to 19.5% of the total number of visitors. On the 2nd place is Russia with 19.2% share and on the third place – Armenia with 14.5% share. Correspondingly, the largest number of visits were made by the citizens of Turkey (254.6 thousand), Russia (215.5 thousand) and Armenia (191.8 thousand).
The majority of visitors (49.7%) belonged to the age group of 31-50. The number of women equaled to 35.9% of the total number of visitors.
In the I quarter of 2024 the purpose of the majority of inbound visits (44.8%) was holiday, leisure and recreation.
The majority of visits comes on Tbilisi and Adjara A/R, 608.1 thousand and 363.0 thousand respectively. The chart below illustrates the distribution of visits by the visited regions.
In the I quarter of 2024 the average number of nights spent during the visits equaled 5.5 nights, which is 8.6% lower than the same figure of the I quarter of 2023 (6.0 nights). 81.3% of visits was repeating visit. The chart below shows the distribution of visits by the level of satisfaction in the I quarter of 2024.
The expenditures during the visits made in the I quarter of 2024 equaled 2.2 billion GEL. The indicator is 6.9% higher compared to the same period of the previous year. Average expenditure on the visit decreased by 1.6% compared to the I quarter of 2023 and amounted to 1 869.1 GEL.