The National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) published a report on outbound tourism in the third quarter of 2024, marking a 7.4% decrease from the same timeframe in 2023.
The detailed breakdown is below:
- Number of outbound trips: 603.0 thousand of the total, a 6.8% decline from the previous year
- Tourist-type visits: 402.1 thousand, a slight increase of 1.1% compared to the previous year
- The most common age range of outbound travelers: 31-50, accounting for 47.4% of the total
- The primary reason for outbound travel: visiting friends or relatives, 32% of all trips
- Top destinations: Turkey and Russia, with 237.4 thousand and 119.0 thousand visits, respectively.
