In the IV quarter of 2025, the number of arrivals of international non-resident travellers in the territory of Georgia equaled 1.7 million, which is 7.6 percent higher compared to the same period of the previous year. Most of the arrivals, 45.2 percent, were made by travellers of age group 31-50.
The number of visits by international visitors from above-mentioned figure amounted to 1.5 million, 8.3 percent higher compared to the same period of 2024.
In the IV quarter of 2025 the number of international visitors equaled 1.3 million, which is 9.1 percent higher compared to the same period of the previous year.
In the reporting period, international visitors made 1.2 million tourist-type visits, which is 10.5 percent higher compared to the same period of the previous year. The chart below shows the distribution of visits made by international visitors by the type of visit.
79.5 percent of international visitors were only tourists. The share of only excursionists5 amounted to 16.5 percent, while 4.0 percent of visitors were both, tourists and same-day visitors.
In the IV quarter of 2025 the largest number of visitors (280.6 thousand visitors), amounting to 22.1 percent of the total number of visitors, was from Russian Federation. Turkey was on the second place with 17.1% share and Armenia was on the third place with 12.7% share.
Correspondingly, the largest number of visits were made by the citizens of Russian Federation (334.0 thousand), Turkey (285.2 thousand) and Armenia (228.1 thousand).
The majority of visitors (46.2 percent) belonged to the age group of 31-50 and women accounted for 40.2 percent of the total number of visitors.
In the IV quarter of 2025 the purpose of the majority of inbound visits (43.7 percent) was holiday, leisure and recreation.
The majority of visits were made in Tbilisi and Adjara A/R, 866.8 thousand and 466.9 thousand, respectively. The chart below illustrates the percentage distribution of visits by the visited regions.
In the IV quarter of 2025 the average number of nights spent during the visits equaled 4.95, which is 1.9 percent lower than the same figure of the IV quarter of 2024 (5.05 nights). 82.1 percent of visits was repeating visit.
The expenditures during the visits made in the IV quarter of 2025 equaled 3.0 billion GEL. The indicator is 1.0 percent higher compared to the same period of the previous year. Average expenditure per visit decreased by 6.8 percent compared to the IV quarter of 2024 and amounted to 1 946.7 GEL.
