In the III quarter of 2023 the monthly average number of Georgian resident visitors aged 15 years or more equaled to 1 405.0 thousand, whose monthly average number of visits on the territory of Georgia corresponded to 1 766.7 thousand, the National Statistics Service (GeoStat) reported.

According to Geostat, the monthly average number of visitors has increased by 9.2 percent, as for the number of visits, it has increased by 20.1 percent in comparison to the corresponding data of the relevant period of the previous year.

In the III quarter of 2023 the monthly average number of tourist visits of Georgian residents amounted to 822.2 thousand, which is 6.1 percent higher than the indicator of relevant period of the previous year. The chart №2 illustrates the distribution of monthly average number of visits made by Georgian resident visitors by the type of visit.

In the III quarter of 2023 year 35.7 percent of the visitors belonged to the age group of 31-50 years. Herewith, women accounted for 55.3 percent of the total number of visitors.

According to the survey results, 37.2 percent of visitors are the residents of Tbilisi, 15.8 percent – Imereti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, 9.1 percent – Kvemo Kartli region, while the rest of the regions are represented by the lower share in the structure.

In the III quarter of 2023 the main purpose of majority visits (43.7 percent) was visiting friends/ relatives.

In the reporting period majority of the visits comes on Imereti region (average 368.7 thousand visits per month) and Tbilisi (364.3 thousand visits per month). The chart №6 shows the monthly average number of visits by the visited regions.

In the III quarter of 2023 the monthly average expenditure during the visits equaled to 366.2 million GEL. This indicator is 5.8 percent higher than the indicator of the relevant period of the previous year. As for the average expenditure per visit it has been decreased by 11.9 percent and equaled to 207.3 GEL.