COUNTRY NAME: Georgia, საქართველო (Sakartvelo)
GEORIA CAPITAL: Tbilisi
GEORGIA POPULATION: 3,7 Million
GEORGIA ETHNIC COMPOSITION: Georgians – 86.8%, Azerbaijanis – 6.3%, Armenians – 4.5%, Russians – 0.7%, others – 1.7%
GEORGIA TOTAL AREA: 69,700 km2
BORDERING COUNTRIES: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Russian Federation
GEORGIAN CURRENCY: Lari (GEL)
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Georgian
SPOKEN LANGUAGES: Georgian (71%), Russian (9%), Armenian (7%), Azerbaijan (6%), other (7%)
OFFICIAL RELIGIONS: Orthodox Christian 83.4%, Muslim 10.7%, Armenian Apostolic 2.9%, Catholic 0.5%, other 2.0%, none 0.5%
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS: Shota Rustaveli Tbilisi International Airport formerly Novo Alexeyevka
Non-stop flights can be taken from Amsterdam, Munich, Riga, Vienna, Frankfurt, Bratislava, Warsaw, Istanbul, Dubai, Tel-Aviv, Athens, Baku, Yerevan, Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Kiev, Minsk, Alma-Ata, Astana, Aktau, Tehran, Urumqi, London, Doha, Erbil, Bahrain, Rostov, Batumi
Kutaisi International Airport
Direct flights can be taken from Berlin, Dortmund, Memmingen, Thessaloniki, Athens, London, Kiev, Donetsk, Kharkov, Warsaw, Katowice, Wroclaw, Moscow, Lvov, Vilnius, Budapest, London, Paris, Larnaca, Prague, Milan, Rome, Barcelona
Batumi International Airport Direct flights can be taken from Tbilisi, Moscow, Kiev, Istanbul, Minsk, Dubai, Tehran, Beirut, Tel Aviv
GEORGIA MAIN CITIES: Tbilisi (capital), Kutaisi, Gori, Batumi, Telavi
GEORGIA SKIING RESORTS: Gudauri, Bakuriani, Mestia
GEORGIA SEA RESORTS: Batumi, Kobuleti, Ureki, Sarpi, Anaklia, Kvariati, Gonio, Chakvi, Tsikhisdziri, Shekvetili, Grigoleti
GEORGIA HEALTH RESORTS: Borjomi, Tskaltubo, Sairme, Abastumani, Bakhramo, Shovi, Utsera, Nunisi, Tsemi
GEORGIA LONGEST RIVER: Mtkvari (1515m)
GEORGIA LARGEST LAKE: Paravani
GEORGIA HIGHEST GEORGRAPHICAL POINT: Mount Shkhara (5,193 m.)
GEORGIA ENTRY VISA INFORMATION:
Currently Georgia applies Free Entry Visa Policy for the following countries’ nationality passport holders: the United states of America, Canada, Israel, Japan, Australia, Iceland, Mexico, Monaco, Singapore, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, New Zealand, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei-Darussalam, Moldova, Danish Territories, Dominic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Colombia, Costa Rica, Korea Republic, Iran, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Mauritius, Malaysia, Montenegro, Honduras, Norway, Panama, San Marino, South Africa, Seychelles, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Armenia, Uruguay, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Switzerland, Chile, Holy See, members of European Union, Russian Federation, GCC countries, Nationalities from CIS countries.
There is a E-visa option availability. Please check out the following link for more information: www.e-visa.gov.ge
GEORGIA CLIMATE: Moderate for most part of the calendar; Very Similar to Mediterranean, particularly on the coast of Black Sea and with real winters in the mountains.
WORLD TIME ZONE: GMT +3:00
GEORGIA INTERNATIONAL CALLING CODE: +995
