Experts have told what tourists visiting Georgia spend money on.
This year, foreign tourists spent 49.1% more in Georgia than in the previous season.
Thus, according to the data for the second quarter of this year, the profit from foreign tourists in Georgia amounted to 3.4 billion GEL, or 1.3 billion dollars. According to calculations, one trip to Georgia cost a tourist 2292 GEL.
The lion's share of this amount was spent on accommodation, food and alcohol, Sputnik reports.
In the first six months of the year foreigners crossed the border of Georgia 1.7 million times to rest, visit relatives, as well as to get to third countries through Georgia. Tbilisi and Adjara were the most frequent destinations.
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