In the IV quarter of 2022 the monthly average number of Georgian resident visitors aged 15 years or more equaled to 1 158.9 thousand, whose monthly average number of visits on the territory of Georgia corresponded to 1 312.3 thousand units. The monthly average number of visitors has decreased by 9.1 percent in comparison to the corresponding data for the IV quarter of the previous year.

In the IV quarter of 2022 the monthly average number of tourist visits of Georgian residents amounted to 595.7 thousand, which is 5.2 percent lower than the indicator of relevant period of the previous year. The chart 2 illustrates the distribution of monthly average number of visits made by Georgian resident visitors by the type of visit.

In the IV quarter of 2022 year 35.7 percent of the visitors belonged to the age group of 31-50 years. Herewith, women accounted for 53.9 percent of the total number of visitors.

According to the survey results, 36.8 percent of visitors are the residents of Tbilisi, 13.4 percent - Imereti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, 10.3 percent - Kvemo Kartli region, while the rest of the regions are represented by the lower share in the structure.

In the IV quarter of 2022 the main purpose of majority visits (53.4 percent) was visiting friends/ relatives.

In the reporting period majority of the visits comes on Tbilisi (average 337.7 thousand visits per month) and Imereti region (225.4 thousand visits per month). The chart 6 shows the monthly average number of visits by the visited regions.

In the IV quarter of 2022 the monthly average expenditure during the visits equaled to 228.1 million GEL. This indicator is 16.5 percent higher than the indicator of the relevant period of the previous year. As for the average expenditure per visit it has been increased by 26.4 percent and equaled to 173.8 GEL.