Trends of Sustainable Tourism and Air Transport Development In Georgia

Abstract

Air balloons and dirigibles, parachutes and hang-gliders, helicopters, and all types of aircraft intended for passenger transport are widely used. The invention of these means, their development, and consequently, their use for travel, essentially changed the style of tourism. All of this contributed to the development of mass tourism, diversification of travel geography, structural change of tourist flows, and the issue of reconstruction of its industry. As it is known, in the world, in terms of passenger movement, e.g. for the purpose of tourism, air transport has the highest specifi c share (more than 44%). This is primarily due to the fact that any distance can be covered quickly and with minimal loss of time. Therefore, the purpose of our study was to analyze the impact of dynamic changes in tourist and passenger transportation carried out by air transport in Georgia over the last fi ve years on the revenues of United Airports of Georgia LLC and, accordingly, on their financial results.