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International Arrivals

International arrivals in Georgia have been growingrapidly over recent years. The highest number of arrivals stated in 2016 – 6,360,503, with the annualgrowth of 7.8%. The highest growth rate to date wasregistered in 2012, when the number of internationalarrivals increased by 56.9%.
The most popular season among internationaltravelers is summer. During this season, the number
of international arrivals amounted up to 2,131,902 (33.5% of all international arrivals) in June, July and August.

The majority of all international arrivals – 83.6%, is registered from neighboring countries, 4.2% from EU countries and 12.2% from other countries.The largest share of arrivals is from Azerbaijan — 1,523,703. There was also asignificant growth of Iranian (+122,664), Russian(+112,606) and Ukrainian (+33,124) travelers. Thisgrowth was primarily the result of new direct flights,press trips and tourism sector development campaigns bythe Georgian National Tourism Administration.

The largest share of visitors, 5,182,780 (81.5%), arrivedin Georgia by land transport, followed 1,066,597(16.8%) by air transport. Arrivals by rail and sea were60,389 (0.9%) and 50,737 (0.8%), respectively. Thebusiest border was Sarpi (Turkish border), whichsaw 1,262,799 border crossings in 2016, amountingto 19.9% of all border crossings. This was followedby Sadakhlo (Armenian border) at 18.3% and TsiteliKhidi (Azerbaijani border) at 18.3%.