Georgia hosted 424,514 tourists (+18%) and 723,160 international travellers (+14.2) in May 2019, announces the Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA). The countries with the most significant increase were: Kirgizstan (+135.4%) Uzbekistan (+90.5%) Kazakhstan (+84.6%) China (+56.4%) Belarus (+45.8%) A positive trend was maintained by visitors from the European Union: The United Kingdom (+48.2%) Sweden (+31.2%) Poland (+27.2%) Germany (+26.4%) France (+26%) In January-May 2019 Georgia hosted 2,988,478 international travellers (+5.4%) and 1,655,163 tourists (+7.9%). How did Georgia benefit from more visitors? In January-April 2019, international tourism revenue reached $856 million, which is $66 million more compared to the same period of 2018. Meanwhile, in 2018 international tourism revenue reached $3.2 billion, which was $518 million more compared to 2017. source: agenda.ge