At the international airports of Tbilisi and Batumi has recorded a record decrease in passenger traffic over the past ten years, said Deputy General Manager of the administering organizations TAV airports-Georgia TEM of Zakaradze. This situation is caused by the discontinuation of direct flights with Russia. in her expressions, the reduction of tourist arrivals in the Tbilisi airport was 17 %, in Batumi at 12 %. "in the last month of summer passenger traffic in Batumi airport were reduced by 20 %. Over the last ten years is the 1st case of such negative statistics, " said Sakaja Sputnik Georgia. She also expressed the hope that in 2020 the situation will improve. The Georgian authorities expect that this year the tourism sector of the country may not be counted 710 million dollars. leader Vladimir Putin banned Russian air carriers from 8 July, direct flights with Georgia. In addition, the Ministry of transport announced a temporary shutdown of flights of Georgian organizations in the Russian Federation. These decisions were taken against the background of anti-Russian actions in Tbilisi due to the fact that in June during the opening General session of the Interparliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy, the head of the organization of the Deputy of the state Duma Sergey Gavrilov according to the Protocol of the event sat in the chair of speaker of Parliament. Then the leader Salome Zurabishvili accused Moscow of organizing the protests and called the Russian Federation " enemy and occupier ". Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev have found a similar message unprofessional. <span style="color:darkgray