Batumi,
Adjara
Batumi
(Georgian: ბათუმი, Armenian: Բաթումի) is the second largest city of Georgia,
located on the coast of the Black Sea in the country's southwest.
Situated in
a subtropical zone near the foot of the Lesser Caucasus Mountains, Batumi is a
popular tourist destination known for its varying weather–it is a bustling
seaside resort during warm seasons, but can get entirely covered in snow during
winter.
Much of
Batumi's economy revolves around tourism and gambling, but the city is also an
important sea port and includes industries like shipbuilding, food processing
and light manufacturing.
Since 2010,
Batumi has been transformed by the construction of modern high-rise buildings,
as well as the restoration of classical 19th-century edifices lining its
historic Old Town.
Batumi
today is one of the main port cities of Georgia. It has the capacity for
80,000-ton tankers to take materials such as oil that are shipped through
Georgia from Central Asia. Additionally, the city exports regional agricultural
products. Since 1995 the freight conversion of the port has constantly risen,
with an approximate 8 million tons in 2001. The annual revenue from the port is
estimated at between $200 million and $300 million.
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