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THE JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC SCIENCES: THEORY AND PRACTICE, V.77, # 1, 2020, pp. 19-30

So it is important to estimate events in a tourism field, detect trends and determine
statistical rules. For this purpose we need objective information that requires perfect
adaptation of international techniques of statistical accounting of tourism and
practical implementation of these techniques on-site.(Abesadze,N., Mindorashvili,
M., Paresashvili, n., 2017).

The database of tourism statistics in Georgia is becoming more and more complete,
which creates the conditions for statistical analysis of tourism processes in the
country and to determine the quantitative characteristics of tourism. As a result,
development trends and regularities will be identified, and relevant reasoned
conclusions will be drawn.

The purpose and objectives of the study. The aim of the study is to provide a
statistical analysis of the growth of tourist flows from Azerbaijan and the level of
attractiveness of the country against the background of the main trends in terms of
tourism in Azerbaijan, taking into account all the factors that affect the development
of tourism in Georgia. Accordingly, the following tasks were set and solved:The
main trends in tourism development are detection; Defining the geographical
structure of Azerbaijan; Identify the growing trends of international tourism in
Georgia from Azerbaijan to Georgia. Methods of data observation, grouping, and
analysis were used in the research process. The generalized indicators were
calculated based on the mean values, variation, and time analyzes.

2. THE MAIN TRENDS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM FROM
AZERBAIJAN TO GEORGIA
The fact is that over the years, both segments of the tourism market have not been
fully accounted for: international and domestic tourism. Although international
tourism is wider in scope and area than domestic tourism, the latter, along with the
development of international tourism, is a significant factor in the growth of the
country's tourism potential and contributes to the growth of tourism revenues. In
many countries, domestic tourism is much more important than international
tourism. So, for example, in Canada, 77.1% of tourism revenue comes from
household spending on domestic tourism, which was $ 54.6 billion in 2017. In other
words, revenues from domestic tourism were three times more than revenues from
international tourism (O. Abesadze, 2018)

The National Statistics Office has been conducting permanent research in the field of
tourism since 2015. Previously, tourism statistics were mainly based on data from the
Ministry of Internal Affairs, the National Tourism Administration and expert assessments.
It is true that the timeline for the results of the Georgian statistical office survey covers

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