The Information Analytical Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs presents the statistical data on the visitors having crossed the state border of Georgia during the last month, in particular:
In January-September period, the country was visited by 631 302 visitors, which is more by 11% than the index of the same period in 2015.
The number of visitors in January-September, 2016 amounted to 4 879 031, that is more by 8,6 % than the index of the same period in 2015. Number of tourist visits has reached 2 156 731 which is more by 19,5% than the index of of the same period in 2015.
According to the new method of a conditional division the visitors having crossed the state border of Georgia in January-September, 2016 is the following:
a) Tourist – 304 814 visits (43.3% of general number; increase by 34,2% in comparison with the index of the same period in 2015);
b) Transit – 148 718visits (20.9% of general number, decrease by 23,5% in comparison with the index of the last year 3,8%);
c) Other – 177 770 visits (28,2% of general number, increase by -10% in comparison with the index of the last year).
The most of the visits in September, 2016 were paid again from Armenia (+4,2%), Azerbaijan (+7,6%), Turkey (-21,5%), Russia (+31,3%), Ukraine (+28,1%) and Iran (+571,9%); also, positive position is retained by the EU countries: respecting the increase of the number of arrivals to Georgia in January-September the following countries take leading position: Latvia, Italy, Lithuania and France (relevantly 26%, 9%, 9% და 7%), Central Asian countries - Kazakhstan (34%), among the countries of Easter Europe – Belarus (29%), Middle East – Israel – 56%), and Asian countries - UAE (15%). Also, the number of tourists form the United States of America has also increased by 12 %.
