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In July, cruise passenger traffic in Malta comprised 55,183 persons, a decrease of 22.9 per cent over the comparative month last year.
July 2009
Total cruise passenger traffic amounted to 55,183, a decrease of 16,351 passengers over the corresponding month in 2008. Embarkations from and landings in Malta stood at 2,436 and 2,466 persons respectively.
January-July 2009
Total cruise passenger traffic in Malta amounted to 190,698, a decrease of 29.4 per cent over the comparative period last year. Passengers from EU countries accounted for 70.8 per cent of total traffic, the main markets being Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom. A significant drop was registered in the Spanish and Italian markets. On the other hand, cruise passengers coming from non-EU countries registered a decrease of 5.5 per cent, with the American market representing 61.8 per cent of the non- EU incoming passengers.
On a gender basis, female passengers exceeded male ones by 10.2 per cent. The largest proportion of passengers – 33.2 per cent – comprised persons aged between 40 and 59, followed by those in the 60 to 79 age bracket, who accounted for 31.6 per cent of the total.
