The Informational Analytical Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs presents the statistic data on the visitors having crossed the state border of Georgia during the last month, in particular:
The number of visitors in February, 2015 amounted to 290 929, less by - 1% than the index of the same period in 2014. As for the January-February period, 600 396 visits have been registered, which is less by 2% in comparison with the same period of 2014.
According to the new method of a conditional division, the correlation of specific number is the following:
A) Tourist -212 668 visits (35 %, of general number; less by -7,8 % in comparison with the same index of the last year);
B) Transit –115 653 visits (19,3% of general number, increase by + 14,6 % in comparison with the same index of the last year);
C) Other -272 075 visits (45,3 % of general number decrease by -3,5% in comparison with the same index of the last year).
The most of the visits in February, 2015 was paid again from Turkey (-10%), Azerbaijan (+8.5%), Armenia (+8.8%), Russia (-7%) and Ukraine (-14%). Positive tendency is also preserved in connection with EU countries: in terms of the increasing number of arrivals to Georgia in February the following countries took the leading position traditionally: Lithuania and Germany, Bulgaria, Great Britain and Italy (relevantly126%, 12%, 12%, 11% and10%)). Central Asian countries –Uzbekistan (67%) and Kazakhstan (20%), among the countries of Eastern Europe: citizens of Belarus with +43% and Moldova with +21%.
