A total of 718,401 international travellers visited Georgia in July this year, a 177 percent increase compared to the same period of last year and a 65.3 percent recovery from the pre-pandemic 2019 figure, the Georgian National Tourism Administration announced on Tuesday. 

The Administration also revealed the number of international tourist visits had totalled 459,711, marking an 80.6 percent recovery for the same period of 2019 and a 115 percent increase year-on-year.

In July 2022, the top 15 international visitor trips were recorded from the following countries: 

• Russia - 156,737 trips
• Armenia - 103,906 trips
• Turkey - 95,989 trips
• Saudi Arabia - 27,712 trips 
• Georgia (non-resident) - 24,278 trips
• Israel - 22,684 trips
• Belarus - 20,773 trips
• Kazakhstan - 19,258 trips
• Ukraine - 18,711 trips
• Azerbaijan - 14,282 trips
• Iran - 11,787 trips 
• India - 7,215 trips
• Poland - 5,731 trips
• Uzbekistan - 5,539 trips
• Germany - 5,460 trips

Overall, 2,344,329 international travellers visited the country between January-July this year, posting a 47.2 percent recovery from the pre-pandemic figure and a 214 percent increase compared to the same period of 2021. 

Additionally, in the first seven months of 2022, 1,668,983, international tourist visits were made to Georgia, a 61.9 percent recovery compared to 2019 and a 162 growth year-on-year, the GNTA announced.

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