Introduction and aim According to the policy towards gender equality, Georgia has become one of the most reformed countries in the Caucasus. Despite the fact that many steps have been taken in this regard, the problems are still in the society. The main objective of the study is to identify and analyze gender imbalances in the country on the background of gender stereotypes in the context of civil cognitive levels. Research methodology: In development of the article, generally accepted qualitative and quantitative data analysis methods of the economic science were employed, among them, statistical data processing, data grouping, inductive deductive data analysis methods. The scientific study employs surveying, observation, as well as comparative, analytical, and graphical methods, which are used by the author to compare and analyze facts and assess solutions to specific issues. Results and implications: The paper considers the gender aspects of Discussion of inequality problems in Georgia. Besides, the trends of unemployment and their reasons are identified and the international instruments of protection of human rights regulating the equality between the men and the women in Georgia are considered. In addition, based on the statistical data, is given the analysis of employment and unemployment in a gender respect; a particular accent is made on the need of International practice of gender protection. Conclusion: Stereotypical views on gender roles still exist in Georgia: the function of women is the care and upbringing of children, doing homework, and man-taking care of family finances. The fact is that more men employed in Georgia than women. The level of inactivity in women is almost twice as high as in men with a similar indicator of 42.0% and 21.8% respectively. In 2017, unemployment rate for women Increased by 1.8 percentage points to 12.7 percent, and for men decreased by 1.6 percentage points and by 15 percent. Changes for to the same period are also indicators of activity level. The level of activity increased realised by 1.5 percentage points for women and decreased by 2.8 percentage points for men and 58.2 percent and 74.6 percent respectively. Interesting trends are shown by employment indicators according to age marks. The number of men employed by the 45-54 age group is significantly higher than the number of women employed for the whole nine years, indicating the employment rate of women, especially in the 15-24 age group where the number of men employed is twice as high as the number of women employed. It is also true that the average level of compensation for women is lower than men. Their rates of growth are also different.

By the beginning of the 21st century, tourism has been formed as a sustainable development branch of economics, which has established special place in global economic structure. Tourism makes significant impact on the incentive of economic growth, on creating employment places and shaping positive environment, which is positively reflected on other economic activities. The role of statistics is important in the management of economy. That is why the quantitative study of the processes and events in tourism is of high importance. Right with the help of statistic methods is the information about public lifestyle structure elements – labor and labor hours gained, processed and analyzed. Statistics can study the level, potential of tourism development by general and private methods. It can gain public services and other information. Statistics can find out unfriendly factors for tourism development, define tourism influence on the economic growth of the country and can work out recommendations for infrastructure optimization on the basis of its analysis.

Migration is one of the most important global problem. Voluntary migration is going with a rapid pace, what is promoted with the development of technology, the access of information, diversification of labor market. In Georgia, in the first years of independence, obtained in 90-ies of the last centuries, labor migration appeared. The main factor of intensive migration is worsening of socio-economic conditions and living standards of Georgian population. As a result of legal and illegal labor migration, healthy workforce – young people are migrating from Georgia. The largest number of emigrants is distributed in the age group between  25 – 35. Demographic aging appears in the country. In 1990-ies, in Georgia, on the background of difficult economic and political situation, it has been significantly increased the scale of external migration and as a result of it, the number of Georgian population has been reduced since 1993 year. The number of population consisted of 4929,9 thousand men in accordance with the 1st of January, 1994 year and by the 1st of January, 2018 year – the number of population was determined with 3729.6 thousand men. For the last 24 years, the number of population was reduced with 1200,3  thousand men and one of the main factor of it is migration processes. The number of emigrants in dynamics is growing and among them,   the number of women is high. The reason why they`re going to emigration is poverty of Georgia, employment problem, also the income is low from households, what forces the woman (and man as well) to go to other country to work. The labor market in Georgia is so saturated that women are engaged in the least profitable sectors – such as health care, service sector, education. Their incomes are so low that they`re forced to emigrate. Most of the citizens, emigrated from Georgia send the money to their family members, what gives these families minimal social guarantees. Despite of many disadvantages, emigration is somehow positive process, especially for the developing countries, for which it`s very important international   money transfer. The distribution of emigrated women and men according to the countries gives us an interesting picture. Women are mostly in the countries, where it`s easier for them to be employed (caretakers), most women are in Greece, Turkey and Italy, Most men are in Ukraine. In total, the highest number of emigrants are in Russia. Despite of the fact that, there`s not an exact answer on the question, what kind of influence has money transfer on economic growth, on the level of household of remitters, their contribution can be very important on education, health care and capital in order to improve accessibility.

Introduction. Most of the cargo in foreign trade is transported by the sea. That is why the development of foreign trade relations without proper sea logistics is impossible. During the period of the pandemic, this was the area that functioned most successfully.  In 2021, Georgia has increased the volume of exports, imports, re-exports, local exports by sea transport, while improving the structure of exports and imports. Aim and tasks. The aim of the paper was revealing the trends of foreign trade by sea transport in Georgia. In the research process, general methods, as well as specific statistical methods were used, such as: observation, aggregation and analysis: mean values, ratios, variation analysis, dynamic sequences, selective observations, etc. Results. Since 2016, sea transport has consistently held one of the leading positions in trade relations. In 2021 alone, maritime exports increased by 27% compared to the previous year. In period of 2016-2021, foreign trade in maritime transport increased by an average of 8.4% annually. In 2016-2021, Georgia mainly exports copper ores and concentrates, Ferroalloys, passenger cars and nitrogen, mineral or chemical fertilizers. Statistics in the dynamics over the years show that no change has taken place in the export commodity structure and in general, 73.7% of exports are local exports, which is an increase of 12.5 percentage points compared to 2019. The share of exports by sea in local exports was 57.3% in 2021, which is 2.8 percentage points higher than in 2019. During the whole study period, the volume of locally produced products exported by sea increased by an average of 18.1% per year. The average annual growth rate of re-exports by sea transport in Georgia in 2016-2019 was 140.9%, although in 2020 its volume decreased by 22.2% compared to the previous year, and in 2021 increased by 17% compared to 2020. Conclusions. In conclusion, it can be said that sea transport is used quite actively in foreign trade in Georgia, a large part of foreign trade flows in the country are based on maritime transport. The statistical characteristics of foreign trade in the country have improved.  The growth trend was maintained even during the period of severe pandemics and lockdowns, which once again emphasizes the advantages of conducting trade processes by sea and the need to use it for other purposes.

Nino Abesadze Email:nino.abesadze@tsu.ge Associate Professor, Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Tbilisi, Georgia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6564-2771   Natalia Robitashvili  Email:nato.robitashvili@bsu.edu.ge  Associate Professor, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University Batumi, Georgia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7645-6491   Otar Abesadze  Email:o.abesadze@gmail.com Associate Professor, Georgian National University (SEU) Tbilisi, Georgia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1644-4995   Rusudan Kinkladze  Email:r.kinkladze@gtu.ge Associate Professor, Georgian Technical University Tbilisi, Georgia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1351-2382 After recovering from two years of economic uncertainty and shock, the development of tourism in Georgia returned to the pre-pandemic situation. There is a growing trend in the movement of tourist flows, the activation of companies operating in the domestic tourist marketIt's on the face. Methodology. Both general and specific statistical methods were used in the research process: observation, gathering-grouping and analysis: average values, relative indicators, variational analysis, dynamic series, selective observation, etc.  The data was processed and the indicators were calculated based on the computer program SPSS Results. Domestic tourism is gaining strength in the country,  the number of people wishing to travel domestically has increased, the attitude of the population toward travel has changed. In particular, the 31-50-year-old category always prevails among domestic visitors. It is noteworthy that the activity of the population aged 15-30 years slows down and the domestic tourism activity of visitors aged 71+ increases. If, according to the researches of the National Statistics Service, Georgian citizens travel mainly to visit friends/relatives and then to visit their second home, then according to the results of the research conducted by us, the purpose of domestic visits is mainly recreation, entertainment, visiting friends/relatives. The most active for tourism are: Tbilisi, Adjara and Imereti. The average number of nights spent by visitors is increasing. Family/relatives predominate among accompanying persons on internal visits, although the number of those wishing to travel alone is also increasing; Popular accommodation options include hotels and home-rental services. The average monthly volume of expenses incurred during domestic travel is also increasing. The structure of tourism expenses has changed.. According to the results of the research, mountain tourism, sea tourism, eco, and agro-tourism are the most prioritized among tourism products. According to the respondents, the locations of Svaneti, Adjara, Tusheti, Kazbegi, Fasanauri (for rafting), etc. are attractive.