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Georgia: Georgia’s gain from international tourism

2014/11/08

Georgia’s gain from international tourism stood at $750 million over the initial six months of 2014, or 43 % additional than in the same period of 2013.

The country’s economy ministry reported that the share of tourism in GDP was 5.89 % in Q1, and 7.2 % in Q2

The greatest flow of tourists to Georgia is seen in Q3 at the same time as the tourism season peaks in the period between July and August, and beginning of September.

A large number of tourists as well come to Georgia closer to the New Year holidays, particularly to the mountain resorts.

In 2013, Georgia’s international tourism revenues totaled $1.719 billion.

Georgia was visited in 2013 by about 5.4 milion people, or 20 % additional than in the previous time(4,428,221).

In the initial nine months of this year, Georgia was visited by over 4.2 people.

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