Systemic of Tourism

T h e s i t u a t i o n o f t o u r i s m i n G e o r g i a

Gocha Sarvashidze

Gogita Gelashvili

Guram Arsenashvili

The main topicsGeneral information about GeorgiaInternational visitors in GeorgiaThe share of Georgia in international visitors.UNESCO World heritage listWhy tourist are coming in Georgia?Georgia is becoming more popular for different types of tourism activitiesMice Tourism and other eventsHotel industry in GeorgiaTotal number of available bedsGeorgian protected areas by categories Five Foreign Countries with Highest Number of VisitorsThe purpose of the visit (domestic tourism)Costumer satisfaction survey

• Georgia is divided into 9 regions, 1 city, and 2 autonomous republics. These in turn are subdivided into 69 districts

• Highest place is mount Shkhara 5068 meters.

• We have more than 12000 historical and cultural monuments and five of them are listed in the UNESCO World Heritage List

• There are more than 100 resorts and more than 30 national reserves .

• The location

• Georgia covers a territory of 69,700 square kilometers and its 2015 population is about 3.75 million. Georgia is a unitary, semi-presidential republic, with the government elected through a representative democracy.

General information about Georgia

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International gest in Georgia

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The share of Georgia in international vis-itors

Way tourists are coming to Georgia?

Nature and landscape36%

Gastronomy 35%

Rest and health care 35%

Others !!!

Gelati Jvari Monastery  SvanetiSvetitskhoveli

 Bagrati Cathedral  is an early-11th century masterpiece of medieval Georgian architecture.

Bagrati Cathedral

Gelati  is a monastic complex near Kutaisi, Imereti , western Georgia. It was built in 1106 by  King of Georgia David the Builder, and was one of the main cultural and intellectual centers in Georgia throughout the Middle Ages.The current cathedral was built in the eleventh century by the architect Arsukisdze, though the site itself is even older dating back to the early fourth century.

Jvari Monastery is a sixth century Georgian Orthodox monastery near Mtskheta, eastern Georgia. Along with other historic structures of Mtskheta, it is listed as a World Heritage site by UNESCO.

Upper Svaneti  is a historic province in Georgia in the northwestern part of the country. This place is known by it’s Medieval-type villages and tower-houses, which were often family-built and served to protect against invaders for centuries.

UNESCO World heritage list

The Katskhi pillarVardziaPromete CaveWinter and summer resorts

Georgia is becoming more popular for different types of tourism

activities

Anaklia Gem Fest electronic music festival 2015

Kazantip is well known electronic festival in post-soviet countries.

Music festivals

Mice Tourism and other events

Capital of Georgia- Tbilisi is hosting various number of events. In 2015 , There was Uefa super cup match, between Barcelona and Sevillia.

Attendance of this competition was about 52 000.

Also in Tbilisi, there was European Youth Olimpic Festival 2015.

Georgia is becoming more popular for Mice Tourism activities. There are increasing number of events

and business meetings

  2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Number of Hotels 353 386 462 616 777 836 986

Number of rooms 8582 9393 10564 12901 14463 15351 18248

Number of beds (2014) 39700

Hotel industry in Georgia

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Georgian protected areas by categories

 

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Five Foreign Countries with Highest Number of Visitors

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Costumer satisfaction survey 

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