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American and Canadian tour operators visit Georgia
14.09.11
The representatives of American and Canadian tourist agencies arrived in Georgia today and will stay here for seven days to get familiarized with the tourist potential of the country. The guests plan to visit cities of Mtskheta, Kutaisi, Batumi and the Sataplia and Borjomi national parks.
The foreign tour operators are interested in Georgian tourist infrastructure to sell the product in their country afterwards. They are mostly focused on archaeologic tours.
`I have long-time connection with Georgia for many years, I have friends here and I have been here many times. I think that Georgia is under discovered, it has a lot of potential but it has a very low volume of tourism. It definitely can be development more specially from the United States and Canada,` president of the Panorama Travel Company Irina Sina told journalists at the Tbilisi airport.

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Account by State Tourism Department
19.09.11
The State Tourism Department has an account of the tourism development index in Georgia based on the results of the summer 2011. According to the results of the eight months of the year, the number of the visitors to Georgia has increased with 43%.
The year 2011 was also distinguished according to the development of the domestic tourism. The number of the citizens interested in domestic tourism increased with 20% this year.
Half of the 1,800,000 tourists, who arrived in Georgia till September, visited Adjara Region. Along with the sea, new hotels, night clubs and other entertainment centers attracted the visitors in Batumi.
The Tourism Department conducted a special survey by modern methodology and special enquiries, summing up the statistics of the tourism development in the country in eight months of 2011.
The promo videos also influenced the visitors and attracted them to the mountainous regions of Georgia. According to the survey, the average length of the visit to Georgia for foreign visitors is eight days.
Tourist season at the sea side resorts of Georgia continues. The State Tourism Department is expecting three millions visitors to the country by the end of the year.

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Cheese festival underway in Sighnaghi, Georgia
25.09.11
Cheese Festival is taking place in the town of Sighnaghi in Georgia`s eastern region. 60 types of cheese, which have been transported from different regions of the country have been presented at the event.
All participants of the festival are able to taste any type of the cheese they like.
At the festival presentation of a revived technology for preparing a unique type of cheese stuffing was also held.
Different accessories and souvenirs made of cheese are also presented at the festival.

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Russian tour operators arrive in Georgia
29.09.11
`Batumi - the Adjara Tourism Marvel` - Russian tour operators have began to work on a new tourist direction with this slogan. Sixteen representatives of various tourist companies from the Russian Federation are paying a visit to Adjara to look into the tourist potential of Georgia`s seaside region.
They will stay in Georgia until October 2. Until then the tour operators will visit old and new districts of the Adjarian city, boulevard, botanical garden and the wine house, mountainous tourist routes of Adjara and taste local dishes.

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Most visitors to Georgia come from Armenia
By Messenger Staff
Friday, November 4
According to statistics published on November 1, this year almost three million visitors entered Georgia. Leading in these numbers were visitors from Armenia, then from Turkey, Russia and EU countries, Ukraine and Iran, in that order. Foreign entries have continued to increase since 2006.

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Adjara Tourism Department`s annual report
04.01.12
Tourism Department of the Adjara Region summed up the year 2011 at the briefing today. Department`s authorities say the year was very successful from the point of view of the tourist attraction, as the number of visitors to the region increased with 39%.
In 2012, the department offers five novelties to the visitors in 2012. Within the infrastructure development project, the department foresees opening of new hotels, new tourist info-centers, holding agriculture exhibitions, development of cycle racing in Batumi and skiing-tourism in mountainous regions of Adjara.
The head of the Adjara Tourism Department Vazha Diasamidze said the international prize given to Batumi as the best resort city and the record number of visitors in winter proved that the region was developing. He said the results were satisfactory, however, the department would intensify its efforts to improve these results.

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Train speed increases on Georgian railway
16.01.12
The speed of the rolling-stock on Georgian railways will increase from today on. For the first time in the history of Georgia, the passenger train will move 120 km/h and the Tbilisi-Poti section of the railway will be passed in 4 hours and 45 minutes; while the fast train will arrive from Tbilisi to Batumi in 5 hours and 15 minutes.
The length of the travel time from Tbilisi to Batumi by train will take only 3 hours after the project of Fast Railway is accomplished. The project is due to be over in 2013.

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В Аджарии количество пассажиров, перевезенных морским транспортом в 2011, составило более 23 000 человек.

Количество пассажиров, перевезенных морским транспортом, составило 23 141 человек. По информации департамента транспортной политики Министерства финансов и экономики Аджарии, по сравнению с 2010 показатель перевозок пассажиров возрос на 7%.
В 2011 количество перевезенных железной дорогой пассажиров по направлению Аджарии составило 1 061 813 человек, что на 44% превышает показатель за 2010.
Из Батумского международного аэропорта в 2011 количество выполненных рейсов составило 3 516, что на 1 554 рейса превышает показатель предыдущего года. Что касается пассажиров, то их количество составило 133 890 человек, что на 48% больше показателя 2010.
По данным за 2011, в Аджарии, количество перевезенных пассажиров автомобильным транспортом, междугородними, межрайонными и международными регулярными маршрутами, составило 1 879 400 человек.

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Грузию посетят индийские тур-операторы

2 февраля Грузию посетят индийские тур-операторы. Как заявил сегодня в гостинице «Редиссон» президент Торгово-промышленной палаты Грузии Каха Баиндурашвили, они ознакомятся с туристическим потенциалом страны. А в марте Грузию с этой же целью посетят ливийские тур-операторы.

По пояснениям Кахи Баиндурашвили, это является результатом успешного визита, осуществленного Торгово-промышленной палатой в Ливию и Индию. По его словам, представители грузинской стороны встретились и с представителями ливийских банков. Они выразили готовность профинансировать совместные грузино-ливийские проекты.

Напомним, что при организации Торгово-промышленной палаты в гостинице «Редиссон» прошла встреча «Экономические перспективы и палата в 2012 году».

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Number of foreign visitors up 45% over last year
By Messenger Staff
Thursday, May 3
According to data from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, more than 2.8 million people visited Georgia in 2011. Between January and April of 2012, the country has received nearly 1 million visitors – a 45% increase over the same period last year – with over 300,000 in April alone.

This year, the majority of visitors were from Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Russia, Ukraine, and Iran. The number of tourists from EU member states has increased substantially and even exceeded the number of tourists from Ukraine and Iran. Visitors from Austria and Moldova increased 73% and 83% respectively.

Since the government removed the visa requirement for Russian citizens, the number of Russian visitors has increased. At the Larsi border crossing alone, the number of Russians entering Georgia has quadrupled. Visits from Russian citizens increased by 98% in April, compared to the same month last year.

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Hi Guys!

do you know where can I find weather forecast for Georgia (especially for Kazbek / მყინვარწვერი) for next few days?

greetings from Poland

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do you know where can I find weather forecast for Georgia (especially for Kazbek / მყინვარწვერი) for next few days?

greetings from Poland [/QUOTE]


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Record number of visitors observed in Georgia in June
01.07.12
Georgia`s Interior Ministry has published the results of data on foreign visitors entering the state border of Georgia. The report has been prepared by the department of information and analysis of the ministry.
According to the statistics, in June of 2012, 390 808 visitors traveled to Georgia, what overtops the number of visitors by 72% for the same period of 2011 and substantially exceeds the most active period (August) of the past year. Therefore there is a pre-condition for this season to be “hot” in the direct as well as figurative sense. As for the first six months of the current year, the country has already been visited by 1 690 493 people and in the same period 53% increase in the number of visitors is observed.
In first six months of 2012 it has become a tradition that the majority of visitors entering Georgia were from the neighboring countries, among them Turkey (145%) and Ukraine (56%) should be outlined for the growing number of visitors not only in comparison with results of past year’s same period, but also to compare with results of previous month (14% and 41% respectively). Number of visitors has also increased from Russian Federation (100%) Armenia (35%) Azerbaijan (32%) and Iran (68%). Substantial growth of the number of travelers is also observed from EU states and even overtopped results of Ukraine and Iran. Citizens of Poland, Moldova and Austria have also been active with 46% 40% and 63% respectively.
Results showed that after imposing visa free regime for the citizens of Russia the number of Russian visitors has increased substantially, and this tendency is still preserved which can be proved by comparing current results (100% growth) with the same period of 2011. In June 2012 the index of average monthly growth has increased from 85% to 89% as a result of imposing visa free regime for the citizens of Russian Federation.

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