In August 2009, cruise passenger traffic in Malta comprised 58,172 persons, a decline of 24.1 per cent over the comparative month in 2008.
August 2009
Total cruise passenger traffic amounted to 58,172, a decrease of 18,474 over the corresponding month in 2008. Embarkations from and landings in Malta stood at 2,547 and 2,524 persons respectively.
January-August 2009
Total cruise passenger traffic in Malta amounted to 248,870, a drop of 28.2 per cent over the comparative period last year. Passengers from EU countries accounted for 73.7 per cent of total traffic, the main markets being Italy, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom. A significant drop was registered in the Spanish and Italian markets. Cruise passengers coming from non-EU countries registered a decrease of 9.6 per cent, with the American market representing 60.8 per cent of the non-EU incoming passengers.
On a gender basis, female passengers exceeded male ones by 9.1 per cent. The largest proportion of passengers – 34.2 per cent – comprised persons aged between 40 and 59, followed by those in the 60 to 79 age bracket, who accounted for 27.5 per cent of the total.
The average number of passengers per cruise liner, which is defined as the number of cruise passengers divided by the number of cruise liner calls, increased to 2,237 passengers per vessel for August. There were 26 cruise liner calls in August, bringing the total for 2009 to 141.
1 Comment To "Cruise pasengers down by 24.1% in August"
#1 Comment By Martin Langford On September 23, 2009 @ 1:04 pm
I have just returned from Gozo and as per normal I had a great time. I just would like to make a comment re dumping of litter in bulk on the slopes of Hondoq.
I took a friend for the first time down the slopes only to see several dumps of rubbish full of builders rubble, plastic and general litter. Why do people break the law like this and ruin a very special island!
I am sure the police could be more active in watching this area. This will put tourists off visiting Gozo and this is also not good for local people who enjoy such a great location.
I was taken to see Qala play in a local football match and observed at least 6 police officers on duty for a crowd of 45 made up of families the police must have the resource to stamp illegal rubbish dumping.