Stakeholders of adventure tourism are also concerned about the tendency of the qualified guides' outflow from the country, associated with the negative expectations among employees towards the stability of the tourism sector in Georgia. [...] Apart from these, several notable events during the reporting period include: • Memorandum of cooperation in the implementation of the Georgian Ecotourism Strategy and Action Plan 2020-2030 between the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development and the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia was signed34. [...] At the same time, in the second quarter of 2021 the number of domestic visits increased even more and reached 4.2 mln, being 27% higher than the pre- pandemic level of the same period and more than two times the level of 2020. [...] Despite the tourism industry already entering a recovery phase, evaluation of the magnitude of the effect of the pandemic on hotel industry is crucial to estimate the period of the full recovery and develop relevant measures to ensure the sustainable recovery. [...] In 2020 the number of residents of Georgia visiting hotels decreased by 18.5% and amounted to 69.4% of total visitors, showing the reversal of pre-pandemic dynamics of the shares of visitors according to their residency.
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