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In September 2008, cruise passenger traffic in Malta comprised 76,812 persons, an increase of 19.1 per cent over the comparative month in 2007.
September 2008 – Total cruise passenger traffic amounted to 76,812, an increase of 12,339 passengers over the same month in 2007. Embarkations from and landings in Malta in this month stood at 3,004 and 3,227 persons respectively.
January-September 2008 – Total cruise passenger traffic in Malta amounted to 423,562, an increase of 15.2 per cent over the same period last year. Same-day visitors from EU countries accounted for 79.0 per cent of total traffic, the main markets being Spain, Italy and Germany. On the other hand, the American market remained substantial, representing 58.6 per cent of non-EU incoming passengers.
The overall growth in cruise passenger traffic was underpinned by increases in the American, British and Spanish markets. At the same time, the cruise passenger scene was characterised by falls in the German and Italian markets, respectively by 9,924 and 8,092 passengers.
On a gender basis, male passengers exceeded female ones by 2.1 per cent. The largest proportion of passengers – 33.8 per cent – comprised persons aged between 40 and 59 years, followed by those in the 60-79 age bracket who accounted for 27.4 per cent of the total.
