Currency
The official currency in Georgia is the Georgian Lari (code: GEL). The Lari is divided into 100 Tetri.
There are exchange offices in many areas of Tbilisi. Most of the hotels accept credit cards transactions and ATM machines are available throughout major towns and cities.
Official exchange rates of GEL against foreign currencies can be found at the end of the Home page on the right side.
Communications
Georgia’s country code is +995 and the area code for Tbilisi is 322. Georgian mobile operators (Geocell, MagtiCom and Beeline) have almost full coverage around the country and there are many free WI-FI zones available for the visitors.
Healthcare and Medical Services
When undertaking any form of travel, adequate insurance is strongly advised. Georgia has excellent medical facilities. For the emergency services please call 112, you will be connected to the 24 hour emergency response center, operating under the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
112 receives emergency calls from all over Georgia via single emergency number: 1-1-2 and it unites three following emergency response centers:
• Fire / Rescue
• Patrol Police
• Emergency Department
112 can be reached free of charge from both mobile and landline phones, even without a SIM-card or with negative balance on the phone.
List of airlines flying to Georgia
Airlines flying to Tbilisi
• Georgian Airways
• Emirates
• Turkish Airlines
• Ukraine International
• S7 Airlines
• Qatar Airways
• Lufthansa
• KLM
• Aeroflot
• Pegasus
• Gulf Air
• Atlasglobal
• Lot
• Azerbaijan Airlines
• Aegean Airlines
• EL AL Israel airlines
• Austrian Airlines
• Air France
• Air Baltic
• Air Astana
• Belavia
Airlines flying to Kutaisi
• Wizz Air
Airlines flying to Batumi
• Georgian Airways
• Turkish Airlines
• S7 Airlines
• EL AL Israel Airlines