After a delay of some 21 years, Tbilisi finally received a brand new metro station last week. Located in the popular and upmarket Saburtalo district of the city, the metro is an extension to the city’s green line, linking to Vazha-Pshavela station. Called ‘University’, the station is located close to Tbilisi State University’s Maglivi X building […]
Georgia’s economy continues to go from strength-to-strength, expanding by 4.7% year-on-year during the first eight months of 2017, official data shows. This is a large increase on the figures from the same period in 2016, which showed growth of only 2.7%. Reasons given for the large increase include higher exports, remittances from abroad, plus tremendous […]
Saturday 30 September saw the unveiling of what is believed to be the largest trading centres in the South Caucasus, in the form of Tbilisi Sea Plaza. The project was officially opened by Georgian Prime Minister, Giorgi Kvirikashvili. Developed by the Chinese developer, Hualing, at a cost of around $150 million, Tbilisi Sea Plaza contains up […]
Tbilisi is undoubtedly a beautiful city, which is why it has become one of the world’s fastest growing tourist destinations. The city has made remarkable progress in overcoming the problems that blighted Georgia’s economy since independence, but there is still plenty of room for improvement as the city expands to cope with the demands of […]
After yesterday’s news about Georgian Airways’s new routes to Western Europe to start in March 2018, another sign as to the increasing importance of Tbilisi as one of the world’s most fastest-growing international tourism market came today with the opening of a new arrivals terminal at Tbilisi International Airport. Costing $33 million, the new terminal […]
My mother likes to joke that these days it is easier to rob a bank in the UK than it is to open an account with one! Fortunately, this is not the case at all in Georgia. Even for foreigners, the exercise is easy, quick and costs next to nothing. Firstly you need to decide […]
As I mentioned in a recent blog article, while there are already plenty of flights to and from Tbilisi from the Middle East and former CIS countries, the route network to Western European destinations is still fairly sparse. As a result, the most convenient way to get to Tbilisi from most Western European cities has […]
The most commonly asked question from anyone planning on visiting Georgia is, ‘Do I need a visa?’ The good news is that, in the majority of cases, the answer is probably going to be ‘No’. Georgia has one of the most liberal regimes in the world, which is definitely a major reason as to why […]
The number of tourists visiting Tbilisi, Georgia continues to increase at a rapid rate. During the first half of 2017, the total number of international tourists visiting Georgia stood at 1,309,982 – a 29.1% increase over the same period in 2016. The increases are even more pronounced when looking at international visitors arriving by air, […]
As is the case with most major cities in the world, Tbilisi offers a wide variety of ways of getting from A to B: Metro The cheapest and one of the fastest ways of getting around the city is with the Metro, which was built back in the 1960’s. The Metro network is relatively simple […]