Georgia Received 3,2 Billion USD Revenue from International Tourism
According to the preliminary data, in 2018, foreign tourism in Georgia amounted to 3 billion 203 million dollars (growth + 18.4%), which is 498 million more than the same period last year. As of the I-III quarter of 2018, foreign tourism income ...
- February 8, 2019
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Parliament to Discuss Ten New Bills on Business Activities in 2019
Government of Georgia has approved the 2019 legislative plan. The Forbes has collected information on those new bills that the Parliament will discuss starting spring 2019. 1. Bill on electronic commerce The bill regulates activities for ...
- February 7, 2019
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Museum of Illusions Tbilisi Set to Open in March
The Museum of Illusions Tbilisi will be opened on March 1 at Bethlemi Street # 10 in historical and tourist part of Tbilisi and offers many interesting visual and intellectual experiences. Here you will be able to do what many museums are ...
- February 7, 2019
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Georgian natural locations first to be nominated for UNESCO World Heritage List
Four locations in Georgia’s west could become the first natural sites in the country to be inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, with the protected areas of Kolkheti, Mtirala, Kintrishi and Kobuleti nominated for the global roster through ...
- February 6, 2019
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Guitar legend Pat Metheny, Georgian artists set for Tbilisi Jazz Festival
Multiple Grammy Award-winning American guitarist and composer Pat Metheny will headline the Tbilisi Jazz Festival while local artists will also take to the stage at the city’s performance venues starting later this month. Metheny, the only ...
- February 6, 2019
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Six New Directions Available in Kutaisi International Airport
On January 31, an agreement on launching of flight to new destinations between the Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air and the United Airports of Georgia was signed at the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development. From August 1, 2019, the ...
- February 6, 2019
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Railroad Infrastructure to Reach Kutaisi International Airport in 2020
Railroad infrastructure to Kutaisi International Airport will be extended in about a year, Giorgi Chogovadze, head of Georgian Airports Association noted. There is an alternative project, under which the railroad infrastructure will be about 600 ...
- February 5, 2019
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Large-scale infrastructural projects will be implemented in Svaneti in 2019-2020
As Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze stated after visiting the Tetnuldi and Hatzvali alpine ski resorts, large-scale infrastructural projects will be implemented in Svaneti in 2019-2020. More than 100 million GEL will be spent on road ...
- February 5, 2019
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Mariam Kvrivishvili to Head National Tourism Administration
Mariam Kvrivishvili has been selected to lead the National Tourism Administration of Georgia. The Minister of Economy of Georgia announced the assignee of Giorgi Chogovadze on February 4. Before, Maia Kvrivishvili was director general of Voyager ...
- February 5, 2019
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Georgia’s Kutaisi airport to introduce 6 new European destinations
Starting 1 August, Kutaisi International Airport will introduce six new European destinations, announces Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze. Bakhtadze said that a $100 million investment will be made in the Georgian economy “as a result of ...
- February 4, 2019
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