Georgia’s protected areas are becoming popular tourist spots, hosting 55,490 in the first quarter of 2018, announces Georgia’s Agency of Protected Areas.

This year the number of guests visiting Georgia’s protected areas increased by 39 percent compared to the same quarter of 2017, statistics show.

The statistics show that 56 percent of visitors were Georgians and 44 percent were foreigners.

The number of Georgian visitors increased by 16 percent year-on-year, while the number of foreigner visitors increased by 88 percent.

The highest number of visitors who came to Georgia’s protected areas in the first quarter of 2018 were from Germany, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, India and Russia.

In the first quarter of 2018 Georgia’s most visited protected areas were:

1. Tbilisi National Park
2. Prometheus Caves
3. Kazbegi National Park
4. Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park
5. Sataplia

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