Editing Batumi (section)

===Post-1991===
Batumi today is one of the main port cities of Georgia. It has the capacity for 80,000-ton tankers{{cn|date=January 2025}} to take materials such as oil that are shipped through Georgia from Central Asia. Additionally, the city exports regional agricultural products. Since 1995 the freight conversion of the port has constantly risen, with an approximate 8&nbsp;million tons in 2001. The annual revenue from the port is estimated at between $200 million and $300 million.{{cn|date=January 2025}}
[[File:20241123 Batumi 6.jpg|thumb|left|Batumi at night, with lighted stadium in the centre]]
[[File:Changing skyline of Batumi, Georgia.jpg|thumb|As Georgia's Black Sea coast continues to develop, high-rises are being built amongst Batumi's traditionally [[classical architecture|classical]] cityscapes.]]

Since the change of power in Adjara, Batumi has attracted international investors, and the prices of real estate in the city have trebled since 2001. In July 2007, the seat of the Constitutional Court of Georgia was moved from Tbilisi to Batumi to stimulate regional development.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.constcourt.ge/constc/public/index.php/ka|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721030206/http://www.constcourt.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=13|url-status=dead|title=საქართველოს საკონსტიტუციო სასამართლო|archive-date=21 July 2011|website=constcourt.ge}}</ref> Several new hotels opened after 2009, first the [[Sheraton Hotels and Resorts|Sheraton]] in 2010 and the [[Radisson Blu]] in 2011.{{cn|date=January 2025}} The city features several casinos that attract tourists from Turkey, where gambling is illegal.{{cn|date=January 2025}}

Batumi was host to the Russian [[12th Military Base]]. Following the [[Rose Revolution]], the central government pushed for the removal of these forces and reached an agreement in 2005 with Moscow. According to the agreement, the process of withdrawal was planned to be completed in 2008, but the Russians completed the transfer of the Batumi base to Georgia on 13 November 2007, ahead of schedule.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=16321|title= Russia Hands Over Batumi Military Base to Georgia|publisher= Civil Georgia, Tbilisi|date= 13 November 2007|access-date= 13 November 2007|archive-date= 14 May 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110514043306/http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=16321|url-status= live}}</ref>