Georgia Destination Promotion and B2B Meeting Event was held at TÜRSAB Headquarters. Georgia Destination Promotion Event
Georgia Destination Promotion and B2B Meeting Event; It was held on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at TÜRSAB Headquarters, with the participation of the Consulate General of Georgia in Istanbul, Convention and Exhibition Bureau of Georgia and Georgian travel agencies.
Following the opening speeches and the presentation about Georgia’s tourism potential, Georgian and Turkish agencies held B2B network meetings to develop new collaborations.
TÜRSAB Board Member Talip Aldemir made the first opening speech within the scope of the event.
TALIP ALDEMİR: AS TÜRSAB, WE ARE ALWAYS READY TO IMPROVE TOURISM RELATIONS WITH GEORGIA
Talip Aldemir pointed out that Turkey and Georgia, in addition to being neighbors, are also very close culturally; He made the following statements during his speech:
“The bonds of friendship between our countries, which have a trade volume approaching 3 billion dollars, are getting stronger every day. This closeness is also positively reflected in tourism movements. Tourism movements between the two countries are increasing day by day.
While we hosted more than 1.6 million guests from Georgia in our country last year, we see that more than 9 thousand of our citizens visited Georgia. The friendship and trust relationship established between the two countries plays a major role in the increase in these numbers. We predict that tourism movements between the two countries will increase thanks to the opportunity to travel between the two countries with ID.
I would like to emphasize once again that, as TÜRSAB, we are always ready to further develop tourism relations with Georgia.”
ALEKSANDRE JISHKARIANI: WE ARE ALWAYS READY TO HELP AND SUPPORT TURKISH AGENCIES
Consul General of Georgia in Istanbul Aleksandre Jishkariani started his speech by thanking the TÜRSAB management for making this event possible.
Stating that he started his duty in Istanbul seven months ago, Jishkariani said; He stated that in this process, they organized three important events in the field of tourism with the EMITT Fair, the event organized by Turkish Airlines and this event held at TÜRSAB.
Aleksandre Jishkariani pointed out that factors such as “the frequency of flights between the two countries”, “travel with identity card” and “the good course of relations between the two countries” make a significant contribution to the development of tourism movements between the two countries.
Jishkariani finally; He stated that they, as the Consulate, are open to help and support to Turkish agencies.
PRESENTATION FROM ANA AKHALAIA ABOUT GEORGIA TOURISM AND TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE
Georgian Congress and Fair Bureau Senior Specialist Ana Akhalaia, within the scope of her presentation, gave information about Georgia’s potential in tourism and MICE segment, the country’s tourism infrastructure, and tourism movements between the two countries.
The highlights of Ana Akhalaia’s presentation are as follows:
🇬🇪 GEORGIA FLIGHTS ✈️
Georgia has 3 international airports: Tbilisi, Batumi and Kutaisi airports.
- From Tbilisi to 24 countries, 38 cities
- From Kutaisi to 17 countries, 33 cities
- Flights to 13 countries and 15 cities from Batumi.
Direct flights from Georgia to Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir and Antalya. Approximately 75 flights per week between the two countries.
🇬🇪 TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOTELS OF GEORGIA
- 1054 accommodation units
- 26 thousand 897 room capacity
- 57 thousand 874 bed capacity
🇬🇪 MICE
Largest Conference Hall: 945 square meters, capacity for 800 people
🇬🇪 GEORGIA TOURIST FIGURES 📊
- 2016:6 million 719 thousand 975
- 2017:7 million 902 thousand 509
- 2018:8 million 679 thousand 544
- 2019:9 million 357 thousand 964
- 2020:1 million 747 thousand 110
- 2021:1 million 881 thousand 271
- 2022:5 million 426 thousand 903
- 2023:7 million 072 thousand 220
🇬🇪 NUMBER OF TURKS TRAVELING TO GEORGIA 📊
- 2016:988 thousand 312
- 2017:1 million 7 thousand 276
- 2018:1 million 98 thousand 555
- 2019:1 million 156 thousand 513
- 2020:335 thousand 580
- 2021:326 thousand 494
- 2022:925 thousand 561
- 2023:1 million 396 thousand 660
Georgia Convention and Exhibition Bureau Senior Specialist Ana Akhalaia finally gave information about the Convention and Exhibition Bureau of Georgia and its activities. After the presentation, B2B Network discussions started.
