There were an estimated 325,457 tourists that visited the Maltese Islands during July.

National Statistics Office data released today show that this was an increase of 17.5% when compared to the corresponding month of 2022.

Italian, UK and French residents made up 46.7% of the total inbound tourists, the NSO said.

Total nights spent amounted to 2,532,743, and total expenditure almost reached €334.5 million during the same period.

The NSO noted that the largest share of guest nights (84.3%) was spent in rented accommodation establishments.

Inbound tourists in the first seven months of 2023 amounted to 1,614,749, this was a 37.6% increase on last year, while total nights spent surpassed 10.6 million nights.

Total tourism expenditure for the period January-July 2023 was estimated at €1.4 billion, while expenditure per capita stood at €849.

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