In the I quarter of 2025, the number of arrivals of international non-resident travellers in the territory of Georgia equaled 1.3 million, which is 1.1 percent higher compared to the same period of the previous year. Most of the arrivals, 47.4 percent, were made by travellers of age group 31-50.
The number of visits by international visitors3 from above-mentioned figure amounted to 1.2 million, 1.3 percent higher compared to the same period of 2024.
In the I quarter of 2025 the number of international visitors equaled 970.5 thousand, which is 1.3 percent higher compared to the same period of the previous year.
In the reporting period, international visitors made 958.9 thousand tourist-type visits, which is 2.2 percent higher compared to the same period of the previous year.
82.6 percent of international visitors were only tourists. The share of only excursionists5 amounted to 13.7 percent, while 3.7 percent of visitors were both tourists and same-day visitors.
In the I quarter of 2025 the largest number of visitors (187.7 thousand visitors), amounting to 19.3 percent of the total number of visitors, was from Russian Federation. Turkey was on the second place with 16.5% share and Armenia was on the third place with 13.0% share.
The largest number of visits were made by the citizens of Turkey (225.3 thousand), Russian Federation (219.3 thousand) and Armenia (180.8 thousand).
The majority of visitors (48.8 percent) were from the age group of 31-50 and the number of women equaled 36.5 percent of the total number of visitors.
In the I quarter of 2025 the purpose of the majority of inbound visits (42.2 percent) was holiday, leisure and recreation.
The majority of visits were made in Tbilisi and Adjara A/R, 665.7 thousand and 301.8 thousand, respectively. The chart below illustrates the distribution of visits by the visited regions.
In the I quarter of 2025 the average number of nights spent during the visits equaled 5.50 nights, which is 0.8 percent higher than the same figure of the I quarter of 2024 (5.45 nights). 85.1 percent of visits was repeating visit. The chart below shows the distribution of visits by the level of satisfaction in the I quarter of 2025.
The expenditures during the visits made in the I quarter of 2025 equaled 2.3 billion GEL. The indicator is 8.3 percent higher compared to the same period of the previous year. Average expenditure per visit increased by 6.9 percent compared to the I quarter of 2024 and amounted to 1 998.3 GEL.
