In Georgia announced the loss of Russian tourists

Prime Minister Georgia Mamuka Bakhtadze called the amount in which the authorities estimated the loss of the tourism sector of the state from the reduction in the number of Russian travelers.

" As of July, the tourism sector suffered damages of up to $ 60 million, but a very good trend is noted in June in the Adjara region, when compared to similar data last year, tourism grew by 40%.

According to the Prime Minister, it is necessary to support all businessmen engaged in tourism.

On June 20, protests against the government and Russia began in Georgia. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree banning Russian airlines from flying to Georgia from July 8, and the Ministry of Transport imposed a ban on flights of Georgian carriers to Russia.

Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian leader, believes that Moscow will think about lifting the ban when Georgia returns to the “non-Russophobic channel”.

According to the statistics of the Georgian side, in 2018, every fifth tourist in Georgia (21%) was from Russia.

Source: ria