The tourism dynamics has improved in Georgia in August of the current year, – TBC Research has published this information based on border crossing statistics of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
According to data released today by TBC Research, while the average increase in international arrivals (based on incoming border crossings) was 2.0% in the first four weeks (July 8 – August 4) following Russia’s flight ban on 8th of July, the growth improved to 7.4% in the following four weeks (August 5 – September 1).
Together with the overall improving tendency of arrivals, visitors from the countries with higher per visitor spending continue to increase at solid rates. For example, the growth of the number of incoming visitors from the EU has an increasing tendency reaching 31.1% in the week of 26th of August.