Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze said Tbilisi City Hall was going to purchase 380 new buses in 2022. Kaladze also noted that old buses and minibuses would be totally replaced, and the municipal transport problem would finally be solved next year. “Tbilisi City Hall will purchase 180 units of 8-meter buses and 200 18-meter buses. New…
Georgia received $207.3 million from abroad in November, up by 22% YoY, the National Bank of Georgia (NBG) reported. The largest remittance senders were Russia ($34.40 million), Italy ($32.06 million) and the United States ($23.98 million). Overall, the vast majority (95.1%) of all money transfers came from 21 countries, with the volume of transfers from…
About 1.37 million Georgian resident visitors aged 15 years and higher made 1.57 million trips within Georgia in the third quarter of 2021, up by 20.1% YoY, the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) reported. Geostat reported that the monthly average of tourist trips made by Georgian residents totaled 813,500 in the third quarter, up…
Georgia has presented its first reconnaissance vehicle produced by the state military scientific-technical center Delta. PM Irakli Garibashvili has attended the presentation of the vehicle, which is “in full accordance with international standards”. The vehicle, which is designed for seven servicemen and has a 330-horsepower engine, ensures protection against bullets of various capacities. The vehicle’s…
The UAE Flydubai low-cost airline will increase the frequency of regular direct flights to Tbilisi, Georgian Civil Aviation Agency’s reports. According to the agency, Flydubai will perform 51 additional regular flights between Dubai and Tbilisi from December 10 through January 11, 2022. The Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia’s SSP Civil Aviation Agency…
Foreign direct investments (FDI) in Georgia totaled $299 million in the third quarter of 2021, up by 1.4% YoY, the latest data of the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) showed. Geostat reports that an increase in reinvestment is the main reason for growth in FDI. The top three sectors with the largest share of…
Georgia imported 1,773 tons of textiles, including dress patterns, from Turkey in January-October, worth $37.1 million, the National Statistics Office (Geostat) reported. The figure increased by 48.9%, compared to $24.9 million worth of textile (1,186 tons) imported from January through October 2020. Meanwhile, Georgian exports of knitted goods to Turkey increased by 69.9%, to $53.2…