An estimated 217,487 inbound tourists visited the Maltese Islands during December.

The National Statistics data show that this was an increase of 24.7% when compared to the corresponding month of 2022.

The NSO noted that UK, Italian and German residents made up 40.4% of total inbound tourists.

Total nights spent amounted to 1,381,016, and total expenditure surpassed €178.2 million.

The largest share of guest nights (86.9%) was spent in rented accommodation establishments.

In the first eleven months of last year inbound tourists amounted to 2,816,641, while total nights spent almost reached 19.2 million nights.

Total tourism expenditure for the period January-November was estimated at €2.6 billion, while expenditure per capita stood at €907, the NSO said.

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