Tbilisi (GBC) - In 4Q2024 the monthly average number of Georgian resident visitors aged 15 years or more equaled 1.31 million, whose monthly average number of visits on the territory of Georgia corresponded to 1.5 million. The monthly average number of visitors has increased by 5.6 percent and the number of visits decreased by 2.1 percent, compared to the respective period of the previous year, - according to the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
In the IV quarter of 2024 the monthly average number of tourist visits of Georgian residents amounted to 672.5 thousand, which is 2.1 percent higher than the corresponding indicator of the previous year.
The majority of visitors, 37.1 percent, were from the age group of 31-50 and the number of women equaled 54.8 percent of the total number of visitors.
According to the survey results, 38.1 percent of visitors are the residents of Tbilisi, 14.5 percent — Imereti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region, 9.4 percent — Kvemo Kartli region, while the rest of the regions are represented by the relatively lower shares.
In 4Q2024 the main purpose of the majority of visits (54.0 percent) was visiting friends/relatives.
In the reporting period majority of the visits were made in Tbilisi (on average 376.5 thousand visits per month) and Imereti region (on average 324.5 thousand visits per month).
In 4Q2024 the monthly average expenditure during the visits equaled 259 million GEL, 3.2 percent lower compared to the corresponding indicator of the previous year. As for the average expenditure per visit, it decreased by 1.1 percent and equaled 168.1 GEL.
