UK's Independent lists Georgia among 2026’s seven hottest destinations

19:40, 16.12.2025

The British publication Independent has named Georgia among the top tourist destinations for 2026, according to travel expert Lauren Taylor. The National Tourism Agency of Georgia reported this recognition.

Georgia joins destinations such as Mallorca, the USA, and South Korea on the Independent’s list of popular travel spots.

“EasyJet launched a new flight route from London Luton to Georgia’s capital Tbilisi toward the end of 2025, and the Eastern European country is set to attract increasing numbers of visitors with other new international flight routes launching in 2026 – after previously being somewhat overlooked in neighbour Turkey’s shadow.,” writes Lauren Taylor in Independent.

“It’s definitely a fabulous country, it will be popular,” says Barber.

Tbilisi boasts grand, wide boulevards and cobbled streets in a historic old town, as well as some famous sulphur baths, and outside the capital, there are ancient monasteries and cathedrals, including the UNESCO-anointed Gelati Monastery in Kutaisi.

“Everyone we send to Georgia comes back saying it’s just amazing. They’ve got incredible food and the oldest wine making industry in the world” – said to date back 8,000 years,” the British travel expert writes in an article.

By - Tamar Tabatadze

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