Santa Marija week in Gozo proved to be a very busy time for tourism on the island, the Ministry for Gozo and Planning said on Monday.

In a statement, the Ministry said that between Monday, the 12th and Sunday, the 18th of August, the Gozo Channel company, through four ships, operated 700 trips, running on a shuttle basis on many occasions to keep up with demand.

Gozo Channel ferries carried around 135,660 passengers and 46,740 vehicles, numbers that are very similar to the same period last year, it said.

During the same week, Gozo Highspeed, which operates the fast ferry service between the islands, operated 220 trips and carried around 28,550 passengers from Valletta to Gozo and back.

Minister for Gozo and Planning, Clint Camilleri said that once again, this particular week of the year has met the expectations of the tourist operators on the Gozitan island.

He said that, “we had very positive comments from the tourist operators where they all registered full capacity during this week of the year which is considered the best week of the summer.”

He claimed that “results like these are evidence that the work being carried out by the Government is bearing fruit, with Gozo attracting both internal and international tourism.”

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