BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept.14
By Tamilla Mammadova – Trend:
The monthly average number of Georgian resident visitors aged 15 years or more equaled to 596,500 in the second quarter of 2020, who made 675,700 visits on the territory of Georgia, Trend reports citing the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
In comparison to the second quarter of the previous year, the number of visitors has decreased by 37.2 percent.
In the second quarter of 2020, the monthly average number of tourist visits of Georgian residents amounted to 308,400, which is 31.4 percent lower than the indicator of relevant period of
the previous year.
In the reporting period, 39.1 percent of visits were carried out by visitors of 31-50 age group. Herewith, 50.5 percent of visits comes on women.
According to the Geostat, 40.7 percent of visitors are the residents of Tbilisi, 11.8 percent - Imereti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region, 11.6 percent – Kvemo Kartli.
The main purpose of majority visits (47.9 percent) was visiting friends or relatives.
The majority of the visits falls on Tbilisi (average 135,000 visits per month) and Imereti region (128,500 visits per month).
In the second quarter of 2020, the monthly average expenditure during the visits equaled 89.2 million lari ($28.8 million). This indicator is 25.2 percent lower than the indicator of the relevant period of the previous year.
As for the average expenditure per visit it has been increased by 23.2 percent and equaled to 132 lari ($42.73).
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