Editing Economy of Georgia (country) (section)

=== Tourism ===

[[Tourism in Georgia (country)|Tourism in Georgia]] is one of the fastest growing sectors of the local [[economy]], which has high potential for further development. During recent years the number of visitors to [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] increased significantly contributing to the growth of other tourism related sectors. In 2011, more, about 3 million visitors visited Georgia 40 percent more, than in 2010.<ref>[http://www.gnta.ge/upload/file/2000-2011_Arrivals_foreign_travellers_at_national_borders_of_Georgia.pdf Arrivals of non-resident visitors at national borders of Georgia by country of citizenship] {{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> To foster the development of the tourism sector the [[Cabinet of Georgia|Government of Georgia]] invests heavily in the development of the transportation and basic infrastructure, renovation and development of tourism destinations, which is a stimulus for the private investment generation. In 2011, total output of tourism related services production increased by 77% compared to 2006 and constituted 7.1% of total output of economy.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://geostat.ge/cms/site_images/_files/english/nad/output%20of%20tourism.xls |title=Total Output of Production in Tourism |access-date=2012-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517085345/http://geostat.ge/cms/site_images/_files/english/nad/output%20of%20tourism.xls |archive-date=2013-05-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2018 tourism generated 3.4 billion dollars in tax revenue for Georgia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://calrev.org/2019/07/25/russian-impiety-georgian-riots/|title=Georgian Protests: Tbilis's Two-Sided Conflict|last=Genin|first=Aaron|date=2019-07-25|website=The California Review|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-01}} {{Dead link|date=March 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.georgia.org/newsroom/press-releases/georgias-tourism-industry-breaks-economic-impact-record|title=Georgia's tourism industry breaks economic impact record {{!}} Georgia Department of Economic Development|website=www.georgia.org|access-date=2019-08-01}}</ref>

The following table shows the monthly average for incoming tourists in Georgia by citizenship and number of visits (in thousands).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.geostat.ge/en/modules/categories/102/inbound-tourism |title=Inbound Tourism |author=National Statistics Office of Georgia |access-date=2019-11-16 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Country !! 2015 !! 2016 !! 2017 !! 2018 !! Change 2015–2018
|-
| Azerbaijan || 96,3 || 89,7 || 108,5 ||  118,7 || 23,2%
|-
| Armenia || 99,3 || 96,0 ||  107,3 || 105,7 || 6,5%
|-
| Iran || 1,8 || 10,8 || 23,5 || 24,3 || 1221,9%
|-
| Israel || 4,6 || 7,1 || 9,6 || 13,1 || 183,1%
|-
| Russia || 63,6 || 70,8 || 94,6 || 117,1 || 84,1%
|-
| Turkey ||  89,5 || 82,4 || 83,9 || 91,5 || 2,3%
|-
| Ukraine || 10,6 || 12,6 || 14,2 || 14,8 || 39,0%
|-
| European Union || 17,8 || 19,1 || 23,6 || 32,1 || 80,4%
|-
| Other countries || 17,6 || 25,1 || 37,1 || 43,3 || 146,0%
|-
| Total || 438,0 || 449,4 || 540,2 || 600,3 || 37,1%
|-
|}

According to data from Georgia's National Tourism Administration, TASS reported that Armenia is third on the list of countries with the most visits from citizens in 2021. Turkey leads the pack in terms of trips made by visitors to Georgia last year, with 326 thousand, 2.7% fewer than in the previous year. With more than 212 thousand tourist visitors, 2.1% more than in 2020, Russia comes in second.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://arka.am/en/news/tourism/tourist_flow_from_armenia_to_georgia_in_2021_drops_by_more_than_a_third/ | title=Tourist flow from Armenia to Georgia in 2021 drops by more than a third | date=14 January 2022 }}</ref> Georgia received over 1.8 million international visits in total in 2021, an increase of 7.7% from the previous year.