GAMING TOURISM IN GEORGIA

Tourism contributes trillions of dollars to the global economy,

creates jobs and wealth, generating exports and capital

investment

Tourism accounts for 9% of global GDP (2013)

1,500,0492,031,717

2,822,363

4,428,221

5,392,303 5,493,492

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Source: The Ministry of Internal Affairs

35%

39%

57%22% 2%

country2014: 12 months

2013-2014(12

months)Turkey 1,435,822 -10%

Armenia 1,321,500 2%

Azerbaijan 1,282,222 19%

Russia 810,233 6%

Ukraine 143,157 13%

Poland 46,024 25%

Israel 42,135 6%

Iran 41,747 -51%

Germany 33,315 8%

Kazakhstan 28,324 34%

International Tourism receipts(X1000 USD)

Share of Tourism in GDP

According to the “World Economic Forum Competitiveness 2014-2015” Georgia Ranked 23rd place out of 144 countries with the least amount of irregular payments and bribes

Georgia Ranks 37th place out of 148 countries in reliability of police service

Gaming is partially or completely banned in Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkey and Israel

“The Destination” for Entertainment and Leisure on the Black Sea

New Casinos and 5 star hotels

Entertainment: Opera, Cinema, Theater, Night Clubs, Bars, Restaurants, Casinos and Slot Clubs, Music, Film and Art festivals;

Leisure: Botanical Garden, Parks and a Delfinarium

Easy access by Land, Sea and Air makes Georgia attractive gambling destination for neighboring countries and beyond

Gambling business is fully decriminalized

Safe and Secure destination

Land is provided for a nominal price of 1 GEL

Project construction and documentation are issued for free

Utility networks and corresponding infrastructure

Investors are exempt from income and property taxes for 15 years

Free Casino License (for more than 100 rooms)

EMITT (Turkey) FITUR and EIBTM (Spain) Balttour (Latvia) IMTM (Israel) ITB and IMEX (Germany) BIT (Italy) UITT (Ukraine) KITF (Kazakhstan) AITF (Azerbaijan)

COTMM (China) ATM (UAE) KOTFA (South Korea) JATA (Japan) Hungarexpo (Hungary) WTM (London) TT Warsaw (Poland) Top Resa (France)

Ukraine Russia, Belarus Turkey

Armenia Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Israel

Latvia Hungary

Georgia has a liberal visa regime, citizens of 94 countries may enter Georgia without a visa for short-term visit (Not exceeding 90 calendar days in any 180-day period)

MFA of Georgia has launched e-Visa portal (https://www.evisa.gov.ge/GeoVisa/)