  Georgians mark record tourism year in 2024 January 21, 2025 - 14:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Georgia welcomed a record 7.4 million international visitors in 2024, with 5.1 million classified as tourists, according to Maya Omiadze, head of Georgia’s National Tourism Administration, Sputnik Georgia reports. Among foreign tourists, Russians remained the largest group, making up 19.2% of total visitors. This represented only a 0.2% increase compared to the previous year. Turkish visitors ranked second with 18.1%, while Armenians were third, accounting for 12.8% of total visitors. Omiadze emphasized that Georgia will continue efforts to attract tourists from various countries in 2025. Georgia’s tourism revenue reached $4.4 billion in 2024, surpassing the 2023 figure by 7.3% ($300 million).   Top stories The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, have arrived in Washington. The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats.Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app. |
