1,575,472 passengers travelled on Gozo Channel ferries between Malta and Gozo during the second quarter this year. The National Statistics Office said that this was up by 2.6% on last year.

The month of June recorded the highest number of passenger crossings – 534,433 or 33.9% of the total for the quarter. The number of vehicles increased by 7.5% totalling 454,818.

The ferries made 6,289 trips during the second quarter, which was an increase of 8.9% on 2018. June was when the majority of trips took place – 2,318 or 36.9% of total trips for the quarter.

Between January and June, the NSO noted that passenger traffic originating from Cirkewwa was busiest on Friday and Saturday, whereas highest numbers from Mgarr were recorded on Sunday and Saturday.

Photograph by Alain Salvary

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