Том 2 - Тенденции и предизвикателства в развитието на ...

verted the country into a regional energy hub and a reliable transit countrywith important maritime gateways. The government has been payingspecial attention to promote tourism infrastructure facing the challenge totransform Georgia into the most attractive tourist destination for visitorsboth sea and mountainous ones. Water and wastewater infrastructurerehabilitation projects, road construction, the tourist sector developmentincluding sea, ecotourism, religious tours, hunting, cruise, diving, horseriding,ski, health, mountainous and others types are highly considered.According to Nika Gilauri [1] driven by domestic and external demand,the hydro-generation and tourism sectors have been developing fast andthere has been generally positive broad –based dynamics in all othersectors of the economy.In line with Georgian National Tourism Agency [4] the number oftourists in Georgia during 2010 was more than 20 million people. Incomparison with data from 2009 the number of tourists rose by 38% andconstituted 2 054 382 people.Tourism infrastructure development reached its peak during 2010-2011 including road rehabilitation, resort infrastructure, hotel construction,etc.Figure 1. Turnover and production valuesof hotels and restaurants[2]According to the data presented in Fig.1 above it can be concluded424