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Tourstat survey data indicates that inbound tourists in June 2009 were estimated at 113,953, a decrease of 11.9 per cent when compared to the corresponding month in 2008. During the same period total nights spent decreased by 9.0 per cent.
June 2009
The majority, or 99.4 per cent of tourists, came to Malta by air. Results also show that an estimated 99,793 tourists came to Malta on holiday, the majority from EU Member States. A further 8,056 visited Malta for business purposes.
Meanwhile, total nights spent in private accommodation increased by 3.4 per cent, while guest nights in collective accommodation registered a drop of 13.5 per cent. Overall, the average length of stay is calculated at 8.2 nights.
January-June 2009
Inbound tourists for the first half of the year were estimated at 497,868, a decrease of 13.8 per cent over the corresponding period in 2008. In absolute terms, the change is mostly attributable to a decrease in holiday visits, mainly from the British, German and French markets. On the other hand increases were recorded in the Italian and Libyan markets.
89.1 per cent of all inbound visits comprised tourists coming from EU Member States. For the period under review, the majority of inbound tourists chose non-package travel. The demand for package and non-package trips decreased by 10.7 and 16.2 per cent respectively. The largest proportion of inbound passengers were between 45 and 64 followed by those in the 25-44 age bracket. Together these two categories comprised 75.7 per cent of total tourists.
During the first six months, total nights spent decreased by 13.6 per cent when compared to the corresponding period in 2008. Nights spent in private accommodation decreased by 2.6 per cent, while guest nights in collective accommodation decreased by 16.9 per cent. The average length of stay is calculated at 7.7 nights, at par with 2008.
In the period under review, total tourist expenditure is estimated at €356.8 million, a decrease of 11.8 per cent when compared to last year’s level. Decreases were recorded throughout all expenditure categories.
The survey results indicate that per capita total expenditure is estimated at €732, up by 2.7 per cent when compared to 2008 levels.
