In Gozo, total guests for the year 2022 amounted to 88,823. This was up by 19,179 on 2021, when the figure stood at 69,644, the National Statistics Office said today.
Total guests and nights in Gozo during the fourth quarter of 2022 increased to 21,368 and 54,198 respectively from 19,729 and 54,060 registered in 2021.
The NSO noted that during that same period, the data show that the average length of stay in Gozo went down by 0.2 of a night to 2.5 nights. The net occupancy rate in Gozo decreased by 3.0 percentage points to 29.9%.
On a national level, total guests in collective accommodation establishments during the fourth quarter of 2022 stood at 468,466 while total nights spent amounted to 1,967,460.
The NSO said that in the fourth quarter of 2022, the largest share of guest nights was reported in 4-star hotels, with 46.4 per cent of the total.
The average length of stay in collective accommodation establishments went down to 4.2 nights in the fourth quarter of 2022, from the average of 4.6 nights registered during the same quarter of 2021.
The net use of bed-places stood at 49.8% up by 8.9 percentage points when compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year.
Also on a national level, during December 2022, there were 251 active collective accommodation establishments with a net capacity of 18,227 bedrooms and 41,809 bed-places.
On a regional level, total guests in Malta numbered 447,098 while number of nights spent stood at 1,913,262.
When compared with the same quarter of the previous year, in Malta, the average length of stay went down by 0.4 of a night to 4.3 nights, the NSO said.
The net occupancy rate in Malta increased by 9.6 percentage points, reaching 50.8%.
Total guests for the year 2022 on a national level amounted to 1,812,834, an increase of 831,044 over the same period in 2021.
Total nights spent increased by 3,593,362 reaching 8,204,068 nights. The net use of bed-places went up by 20.1 percentage points to 53.3%, the NSO said.
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