The share of “transit tourists” (those who continue from Georgia to a neigbor country) in the total is not very high -- about 16.9% in 2016, and 16.7% in the first 9 months of 2017....
The new “Fly to Georgia” program will cost Georgian taxpayers about $70mln in rebates for tourists flying to Georgia in the off-season period. According to PM Kvirikashvili, Georgia is willing to take this risk in...
Tskaltubo, Borjomi, Akhtala and other water and mud spa resorts may be the next big thing in the development of Georgia’s all-season tourism industry. Yet, progress is slowed down by the need to coordinate among the...
What is the benefit to Georgia from serving as a trade corridor to Azerbaijan and Armenia? For the moment, given Georgia's lack of capacity to provide value adding services, such as storage and logistics, congestion...
A sheer expansion in the number of international visitors may be a curse in disguise. Georgia should strive to extend the tourism season beyond the busy summer months and increase the amount of money each...