BAKU, Azerbaijan, Mar. 17
Trend:
The number of international visitors traveling to Georgia through Tbilisi International Airport in February 2022 amounted to 54,974 people, which is 11 times more, compared to 4,822 visitors over the same period of 2021, Trend reports via Georgian National Tourism Administration.
However, the same figure decreased by 17.2 percent, compared to 66,383 people traveling to Georgia through Tbilisi Airport over the same period of 2020. The share of Tbilisi Airport by the visitor inflow to Georgia in February 2022 accounted for 36.2 percent.
Batumi International Airport received 7,543 visitors in February 2022, while over the same period of 2021 the airport received only 9 visitors. The same figure decreased by 0.9 percent, compared to 7,585 visitors coming to Georgia through Batumi Airport over the same period of 2020. Batumi Airport accounted for 5 percent of the total visitor inflow to Georgia over February 2022.
The number of visitors traveling to Georgia through Kutaisi International Airport in February 2022 totaled 9,809 people – 654-times more, compared to15 people over the same month of 2021. However, the same figure decreased by 41.7 percent, compared to February 2020, when 16,826 people visited Georgia through the airport. The share of Kutaisi Airport in the total inflow in February 2022 accounted for 6.5 percent.
Meanwhile, the total number of international visitors to Georgia in February 2022 totaled 165,626 people, which is an increase of 293.6 percent, compared to the same period of 2021 (42,075).
However, the same figure decreased by 64.5 percent, compared to the reporting period of 2020 (466,409), and by 64.7 percent, compared to February 2019 (469,545).
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