[6] One night's accommodation in Gagra, for example, cost US$25 in 2003, with the cheapest hotel in the region setting a rate of US$12 for a room and meals in that year.
[4] Abkhazia lies on the coast of the Black Sea, and as such, much of its tourism appeal is derived from its coastal resort towns.
A number of resort facilities exist in easy and cheap reach of Russian tourists, with Sukhumi and Gagra two of the most popular towns.
(In practice, it is impossible for tourists to enter Abkhazia from Georgia, since the only checkpoint between them is open only to Abkhaz citizens and residents, barring special exceptions.)
Despite that, the fact of crossing the border is easy to hide because Abkhazian customs officials don't make any stamps in visitors' passports since 2014.